Landscapes in Focus,Stories in Silver
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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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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Title: The Nature of Photographs Author: Stephen Shore Published by: Phaidon Press Limited, Second edition paperback 2027 Another short review in my series of the Photographer’s Library. Today, I will be writing about Stephen Shore’s book, The Nature of Photographs. It’s once again one of the books that talk more about how to look at …
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Title: Photographs Not Taken – A collection of Photographers’ Essays Author: edited by Will Steacy Published by: Daylight Community Arts Foundation, 2021 For today’s review in my series of Photographer’s library series, I chose a small book which does not include any pictures, nothing at all. It is a 135-page book edited by Will Steacy, …
Title: The Mountains of Snowdonia Author: John Clow Published by: Creative monochrome,1993 First edition, soft cover I was thinking about which book to pick for my next Photographers’ Library review, and my eyes found two books by John Clow on my shelf. I immediately started to think about how underrated this photographer is. The second …
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Author: Ragnar Axelsson Published by: Kehrer Verlag . 29 May 2025, 192 pages I heard a lot about Ragnar Axelsson in the past and I always wanted to own one of his books. Recently I realized there is a newly published book of his. I did not think much about it and purchased it pretty …
Right, I’m back in my darkroom and I’m excited to try out a new enlarger head! I wrapped up a 35mm roll on my half-frame Olympus in December. I thought it would be a good idea to print some family photos as a test. First off, I want to say that the film was Ilford …
A brief introduction to the new member of my dark shed. Since I built my darkroom, , I started with 1 enlarger when I was given an old Durst M 600 enlarger, which was a good companion for its time. But I wanted another to have a permanent setup for medium format. During the summer, …
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my photography and trying to figure out a new direction for my work. Then, out of the blue, I stumbled upon this little book that collects the works of the Japanese poet Matsuo BASHO. This guy is a big deal from the Edo period and is …
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Back in the darkroom. OOh, how I missed it. This time, I decided to work on printing postcards on Ilford Multigrade IV RC Portfolio paper. Recently, I visited an exhibition by a group of local artists showing the world in the future. The exhibition did not look very cheerful. But it was thought-provoking and very …