Photography Requires Presence
Photography requires something other arts don’t: you have to be there. A thing happens, a camera records it, but you (or your…
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The Hardening Line Away From Pretty Pictures
Out of cycle post. This is something I’ve been noticing and I’ve been trying to articulate for a while. I’m not sure…
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The problem With Infinite Photography
In today’s near infinite storage space, it’s easy to lose track of the photos you take. You stop seeing any of them…
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Those Cameras on the Shelf
I have cameras I haven’t touched in months. In fact I have cameras I’ve never used. They sit on a shelf, visible…
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The Power of Nostalgia in Photography
Photography sells itself as preservation. We take pictures to capture moments, to remember what happened, to hold onto people and places before…
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Camera Fascination
Some of us maintain that gear doesn’t matter. And technically, we’re right: a camera won’t make you a better photographer. But there…
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Recording Time Through Damage
Photography typically tries to stop time. We capture moments, freeze them, extract them from the flow of duration. But there’s another approach…
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Is 2026 the Year of Uniformity?
Is this what New Year on social media looks like? I’ve never spent New Year waching social media before. Substack is new…
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Serious = Suspicious
Like me, you’ve probably carried both phones and proper cameras through countless streets, events, and gatherings, and the difference in people’s reactions…
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Become a Good Photographer, Step Five: Explain Things To Yourself
I’ve always tried to understand things: how objects are built (I was the kind of kid that wanted to understand how his…
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