Don’t look for validation of your photography
Photography is in essence a conversation between you and the world, not you and an audience. There is a reason why it’s…
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Photographer Focus #2: Jackie Spinner
She opens her TEDx talk talking about a blue vest. It’s a flak jacket. Twelve pounds of Kevlar, in the specific shade…
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Can Creativity Exist Without Boredom?
I travel roughly 2,000 kilometres a week for work. Sometimes, on the train, I put my phone away and sit with nothing.…
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Photographer Focus #1: Dickey Chapelle
I’m into deep dives at the moment and I think I’ll make this a regular feature. I first came across Dickey Chapelle…
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If You Lack Inspiration, Talk to people
I stopped photographing for many years. Nothing dramatic happened; it was a slow fade. I’d go out with a camera, walk around,…
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Deadpan Photography: Enjoying the Pretence
Juliette wrote last week about Deadpan photography. I was intrigued because it’s a term I had seen start appearing all over the…
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Stop Being Exploited
The photography education industry runs on a specific kind of desperation. Browse Instagram or scroll through YouTube and you’ll find an unending…
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Deadpan: An Investigation
I first encountered the phrase deadpan photography around Youtube, of all places. I was watching one of Tatiana Hopper’s videos I think…
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In the Moment
My view of Japan is cartoonish. It’s built almost entirely from exports and a European vantage point. When I watch how other…
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Will Photography Die With GenZ?
For a while I assumed the relationship was simply doomed. Photography requires patience: you develop a project over months without knowing whether…
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