The photographer Dorothea Lange once famously said “A camera is a device that teaches you to see without a camera. ” I always loved this quotation. Once you get good at shooting, you start to see the world like a photographer — you notice things, you notice light, you look slower, you take pictures in your mind.
The camera saves them, but even without one, you see differently.
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An AI modeling agency that describes itself as a "photo studio" without cameras, real people, or a physical location has opened its virtual doors. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-03-09 17:54
It’s not every day that you come across a camera that’s big enough for the photographer to stand in. But that’s what photographer Ross den Otter built for the recent Capture Photography Festival in Vancouver, Canada: he shot portraits from inside a 4x8x8-foot camera obscura. petapixel.com »
2016-12-03 22:05
Skyler Adams is a photographer who uses film photography to fight her self-diagnosed gear acquisition syndrome. She bought a Canon Sure Shot camera while travelling in Japan, and an expired roll of Fujifilm Superia 400 film to go along with it. boredpanda.com »
2016-10-22 19:20
What’s the best deal you’ve ever gotten in a photo gear trade? Whatever it is, it’s probably not better than British photographer John Swannell‘s best trade. He managed to turn a cheap thrift store camera bag into about $42,000. petapixel.com »
2016-08-29 23:20
At a recent electronic music performance, the English duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth, who perform as Autechre, plunged Sydney’s City Recital Hall into darkness. [Read More]
Over the last month, communities around the world have felt passionate responses to the developing conflict in Israel, Gaza, and surrounding areas. As simple or complex as one might find the hostilities in the abstract the ripples of geopolitics affect us all, sometimes very obviously, and sometimes subtly. [Read More]
AI is all the buzz and it seems to be attaching itself to everything, everywhere, all at once. The canary in the AI coal mine? Images and writing. [Read More]
The context and process behind a photograph can be interesting on a technical level when it comes to the gear, film, lighting setup, and any artistic emotion or guidance that may have gone into it from a photographer with an interesting backstory to them. [Read More]
It’s difficult to see how anyone other than the photographer is responsible for a photograph they may take, although I’m sure there are some specific exceptions – but usually, if a photographer is not responsible for their photograph, then who should be? [Read More]
If you are not responsible for the meaning behind your photographs then who is?
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I recently wrote about the importance of discourse on the ethics around photography, where I offered my perspective on why rules and doctrines around decision making can diminish your ability to stand behind your work, justify your decisions, and really take responsibility and ownership over your vision. [Read More]