Quote of the month 08/26
Quote of the month 08/26 “ Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.” Edward Weston Previous QOTM here.
Photographer’s Library – CONTACT: Theory
Title: Contact: theory Author: Lustrum Press Published by: Lustrum Press 1980 Today’s review in my Photographer’s library series will be a slightly different. Different because I am not entirely sure if this book is an art book or just a photography technique book. In any case, it’s both. The book is called Contact: Theory. It …
Photographer’s Library – Our Forbidden Land
Title: Our Forbidden Land Author: Fay Godwin Published by: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1990 paperback This week I will carry on with yet another book by Fay Godwin from my Photographer’s library. This is the last one I own and maybe the most important. I think this book is one of Godwin most powerful works. Combining …
Quote of the month 07/26
Quote of the month 07/26 “The eye should learn to listen before it looks” Robert Frank Previous QOTM here.
Photographer’s Library – LAND
Title: Land Author: Fay Godwin Published by: Heineman, London 1985 Today I will carry on with another book by Fay Godwin from my Photographer’s library. I mentioned before that I am a massive fan of Godwin’s work. I do own three of her books. Land is one of the books that perfectly displays Godwin’s creative …
Photographer’s Library – Elmet
Title: Elmet Author: Photographs by Fay Godwin, Poems by Ted Hughes Published by: Faber and Faber, Revised edition 1994 It’s not that many British photography books of 20 century which you can call defining. This book certainly is. It brings together the striking black-and-white photographs of Fay Godwin with a text by Ted Hughes. The …
Quote of the month 06/26
Quote of the month 06/26 “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.When images become inadequate,I shall be content with silence” Ansel Adams Previous QOTM here.
Photographer’s Library – A Tree, A Blade of Grass
Title: A Tree, A Blade of Grass Author: Shinzo Maeda Published by: Taschen Verlag GmbH 1993 I do not own many books by Japanese photographers. This one is one of them and it has a prominent place in my Photographer’s Library. Shinzo Maeda was a Japanese photographer famous for landscape photographs and movies. He published …
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Photographer’s Library – Perspective on Landscape
Title: Perspective on Landscape Author: edited by Bill Gaskins Published by: Art Council of Great Britain 1978 This release of my short review of the Photographer’s Library series will be about a small soft-cover book called Perspectives on Landscape. It was published by the Art Council of Great Britain in 1978. The book brings together …
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Working on my project
I think it’s about time for a quick update on my project Magatta-Ki. I am working on my project slowly but surely and trying to produce as many usable prints as I can. For this session, I selected 3 negatives from my photo session in jun 2025. Seems like I am running a whole year …