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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Theory
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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Photography Isn’t Art. Until It Is
There is nothing that separates a password mugshot from a photography master piece: you can use the same camera for both, the…
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Threshold Photography Gear
I suspect every photographer has a piece of equipment that changed everything for them. Not always expected, rarely expensive. But the one…
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Street Photography Taxonomy
Street photography is something that bothers me, so I want to understand it. And to understand things, I need to classify them…
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