The Colour of 70s Childhoods
I took this picture in October 2006 in Findhorn, Scotland (see previous posts to see more photos from that spot).
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Other’s Photographs Are Always Greener
Other people’s photos are always more interesting to me. When I look at other people’s photos, I always find them better made…
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Port de Royan
Last week I visited the lighthouse at Cordouan, on the French Atlantic coast, not far from where I live. It’s one of…
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The trap of meaningfulness
One of the things I’ve struggled with lately is what I called to myself “the trap of meaningfulness”. I need to put…
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Become a Good Photographer, Step Two: Quantity
I’ve watched, and sometimes was involved in, countless conversations about creativity that devolve into the same tired refrain: “Quality matters more than…
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Why I Fell In Love With Monochrome
Since I restarted photography after long hiatus, I decided to concentrate on monochrome. For some reason, it came naturally to me to…
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Watching back from the tram
Sometimes, you take a photo not because it’s well composed, but because its meaning strikes you.
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Photographer Artist or Photographer Technician?
I’m a technician. Not an artist. I have no doubt about that. So why do I pretend to make photos? (in the…
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Cyclist in the street
When I was in Oslo early June, I tried to spend as much time as possible in the streets taking photos. For…
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Become a Good Photographer, Step One: Define Soup
There is a scene in the animated series Archer where everybody is stuck in the elevator. Krieger, the mad scientist, is holding…
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