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17 Aug 2026

Photographer Focus #5: Catherine Leroy

As I was writing this series that is unintentionally turning into a “women photographing war” series, I’ve been thinking about Catherine Leroy.…

10 Aug 2026

The number of women war photographers is incredible. I wasn’t expecting to fins so many. I’m only going to cover some of…

9 Aug 2026

I’ve seen a number of people creating curated lists of Substack photography newsletters lately. Some are just blunt lists that are hard…

3 Aug 2026

I hadn’t planned to make a series on women war photographers. When I started looking into Lee Miller, I found references to…

27 Jul 2026

She opens her TEDx talk talking about a blue vest. It’s a flak jacket. Twelve pounds of Kevlar, in the specific shade…

20 Jul 2026

I’m into deep dives at the moment and I think I’ll make this a regular feature. I first came across Dickey Chapelle…

12 Jul 2026

Juliette wrote last week about Deadpan photography. I was intrigued because it’s a term I had seen start appearing all over the…

24 Apr 2026

There’s a special feeling that comes from holding something you made yourself, something printed or folded or stapled together, knowing it only…

11 Feb 2026

Josh Warner posted on Substack photos he took with a Kodak DC210A he bought for next to nothing on a flee market.…

10 Aug 2025

When I was working in an office or at the university, I’d sometimes record my routine in photos. It was before the…