Landscapes in Focus,Stories in Silver
This summer I was part of this amazing opportunity from my photography friend Ted Smith. Ted is an amazing black-and-white film photographer, recently a finalist for Film Photographer of the Year 2026. He decided to start a community film photography project called TRI THIS. The project had a very simple brief: create a cohesive body …
Title: Josef Sudek Author: Zdeněk Kirschner Published by: Panorama, 1993 I wanted to write this short review note for my Photographer’s Library for a long time. I want to talk about one of the true masters of the craft, Josef Sudek – a Czech photographer from Prague. The book Zdeněk Kirschner’s Josef Sudek is a …
Medium Format Picture of the Week (MFPOTW) Weekly blog series showcasing photographs that were mostly left out of my galleries. It also features other images I appreciate for various reasons. I hope you’ll enjoy taking this journey with me. Among the dunes UK 2018 A little scene I found during my walk along the East …
Title: Quiet Light Author: John Sexton Published by: Little, Brown and Company ,1990 I bet, if you are a landscape photographer , especially Ansel Adams fan you will know John Sexton’s name. He was Ansel Adams’s photographic and technical assistant. Today, I will do another review in my series, Photographer’s Library, on his book Quiet …
Quote of the month 09/26 “Everything around us, dead or alive, in the eyes of a crazy photographer mysteriously takes on many variations, so that a seemingly dead object comes to life through light or by its surroundings…. To capture some of this – I suppose that’s lyricism.” Josef Sudek Previous QOTM here.
Title: Faces of The North Author: Ragnar Axelsson Published by: Querndu, Iceland Small Edition 2019 I recently returned from my trip to Iceland and I have to share latest addition to my Photographer’s Library. Ragnar Axelsson‘s work is well known and l admired it long before I travelled to Iceland. I already have a small …
Medium Format Picture of the Week (MFPOTW) Weekly blog series showcasing photographs that were mostly left out of my galleries. It also features other images I appreciate for various reasons. I hope you’ll enjoy taking this journey with me. Start Point Lighthouse,Devon UK 2025 Beautiful walk to the lighthouse along the coast of Devon. .Start …
Title: Beauty In Photography Author: Robert Adams Published by: aperture ,second edition 1996 Sometimes you have to be lucky. I think this time I was. I picked up this small beauty in a second-hand shop in great condition. A new addition to my Photographer’s Library series is a small but intelligent and quietly profound book …
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.
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 …