The first school of thought is strongly against it. The image should speak for itself and there is no need to add any distractions in terms of a title or brief description. It is up to the viewer to see, experience and interpret the image. Based on heated conversations online, I suspect that most photographers [...]
On my travels I usually carry two key lenses, or in other words two focal lengths: GF 45mm (35mm in ff terms) and GF 110 (85mm in ff terms). By carrying just two lenses, not only do I eliminate the tyranny of “perceived choice” but most importantly I focus on two different perspectives. In other [...]
For me it was a very important and revealing trip – photographically and personally. Travelling through the rural and remote areas of Canada has rejuvenated me and refocused my photography. It has birthed my new “Come Back Soon” project. While visually, the project focuses on the forgotten, unused and “what others left behind” it has [...]
It has been a while. I am well aware of it. There is no question that both time and daily flow have been altered to a certain extent for all of us. It is especially visible in the photographic industry with currents accelerating and revealing a very different way of interacting, working, shooting and even [...]
Many of us remain under more or less strict lockdown, giving us plenty of time to look into our own photography. One of the most important subjects rarely discussed is curation. There is a common misconception that great photographers always shoot great images. Yes of course they do, but they also capture lots of mediocre [...]
I love being with people and interacting with them. Maybe this is something from my European upbringing, I don’t know. Strangely enough, however, I mostly work alone—I mean physically alone—as do most photographers. In the last few years I’ve been lucky to work with many people around the world but the communication was mostly online. [...]
One of the greatest joys in my photographic career has been preparing, travelling and teaching the Visual Poet Experience Workshops around the world. I have met hundreds of students over the years, studying and shooting great imagery together. We have become great friends and many of my students now have successful photographic careers, something which [...]
At one point I had no choice but to turn the TV off. The doom-and-gloom that spills out of the screen has exceeded any reality a long time ago. Fortunately, with my refusal to live binge-watch the apocalypse came an unusual burst of photographic energy. Strangely, being confined to a small space has had an [...]
There have been so many dreams, aspirations, plans and intentions. In my life I have met so many great people, like you and me, who have been imagining their future, preparing the boat, planning the course. The complaint is always the same: if I only had more time, I would learn to play the piano, [...]
One of the greatest surprises about photography is how it encompasses so much of our lives. From documentary to reportage, from landscape to travel or portrait and even commercial, we interact, observe and craft imagery from those amazing pieces of life that surround us. Burk Uzzle described it well when he said, “Photography is a [...]
