Notes made Whilst … An Introduction
For a while now I’ve been posting short vignettes on my Instagram and Twitter. A single image and jotted down streams of awareness notes always starting “Notes made whilst …”. Usually, though not always these are nature or landscape based.…
Notes Made Whilst… on a bridge: 20 June 2019
Notes made whilst on a bridge: 20 June 2019. ~ rumble of traffic, chatter of people ~ sand martins scooping river flies ~ shadow of heron passes ~ dragonfly hawking from typha ~ crowfoot trailing in the current ~ river…
Book review – Modern Photojournalism
I found this marvellous book, Modern Photojournalism: Origin and Evolution, 1910-1933 by Tim N. Gidal, in a local antique market. It turns out to be the first volume of a series Photography: Men and Movements. These particular men* are predominantly…
After the closure
A picture can paint a thousand words, or so the phrase says. Perhaps so. On a long office day, editing my back catalogue, a 5×4 slide starts talking about memories. In 2001 my world, like many other people’s, was…
The Mind’s Eye, Writings on Photography and Photographers by Henri Cartier-Bresson
A collection of writing by the epitome of the reportage photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson; The Mind’s Eye, Writings on Photography and Photographers. Henri Cartier-Bresson is perhaps(anyone else for Robert Doisneau?) the most influential photojournalist the world has ever known. A co-founder…
Develop; processing in the digital darkroom
just a spacer A short how I do it film this weekend. I am, at heart, a monochrome photographer. It is how I learnt the game with a home made enlarger in a spare room. It is still often how…
An inner silence: The portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Now, I’ll admit to a little bias here. Henri Cartier-Bresson remains an inspiration to me. He and many of his contemporaries like Lee Miller, Robert Doisneau, Bill Brandt and Eve Arnold combined great technique, visual awareness and a deep sense…
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