How Not Being Relevant Is Now An Advantage
I never followed trends. Still don’t. The branded trainers, the tribal colours, the group signalling that consumed my schoolmates meant nothing to…
Read more →I never followed trends. Still don’t. The branded trainers, the tribal colours, the group signalling that consumed my schoolmates meant nothing to…
Read more →Sometimes small insignificant objects have an important legacy.
Read more →It’s easy to fall into the comfortable position of not taking photos, even if you want to. Taking photographs requires switching into…
Read more →Generative AI has had a massive impact on photography in the last couple of years. The moment Midjourney could conjure a flawless…
Read more →I argued a few weeks ago how serious image-making is similar in many ways to scientific research: photographers, like scientists, must master…
Read more →When I was working in an office or at the university, I’d sometimes record my routine in photos. It was before the…
Read more →Your kitchen counter at 7 AM. Someone’s unmade bed caught in afternoon light. A stranger’s mug collection on open shelving. These images…
Read more →I’ve noticed something about the photography advice floating around online. Everyone talks about finding your “style” or upgrading your gear, but nobody…
Read more →Other people’s photos are always more interesting to me. When I look at other people’s photos, I always find them better made…
Read more →One of the things I’ve struggled with lately is what I called to myself “the trap of meaningfulness”. I need to put…
Read more →A software engineer looking 50 in the eye. Photography picked up over 20 years ago, then set aside as life intervened — and recently returned to, with a deliberate focus on monochrome. Also drawn to found negatives: rolls of film abandoned by strangers, full of lives worth rescuing from obscurity.