Perfect Gear Goes Against Your Memory
The argument for better gear is seductive because simple: get more sensitive sensors, better autofocus, faster lenses and motors, and you’ll produce…
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Self-Reliance
One of the hardest thing in photography isn’t to learn how to use the camera or define your vision. It’s learning to…
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Clichés Are More Important Than They Appear
We’ve all been beginners one day. And we’ve all been criticised for creating cliché photographs. The implication is that clichés shows a…
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Tradita and Retenta
Last week I said I hate the word work and then proceeded to use it and explain it with a private definition:…
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The Work is What You Show Others
Most of my photos are never seen by anyone. Not even my family and friends. I take a fair number of them,…
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Can A Machine Be Co-Author?
There’s a literary scandal in France this week, and it has to do with AI use: Thélyson Orélien wrote C’était ça ou…
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Your Body Of Work Thinks Back At You
I’ve been taking photos of benches for years. Sometimes on purpose because I find them intriguing and I have an thing for…
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Is Photography World Building?
Before you push the shutter button, before even you leave the house, everything has been decided. You might not have a list…
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Self-image is noise
Photographers often pride themselves on knowing who they are and what they do. In fact, a lot of us believe that it…
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You Don’t Need to Deliver
I used to believe my photography time was precious, which meant every outing had to count. If I couldn’t imagine the shot…
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