The Hudson River School’s artists viewed nature as a manifestation of the divine and strove to represent it as faithfully as possible, until different painters brought their own artistic vision and influences, which at times created interesting contrasting philosophies. more
Once, as a society, we cherished the “Kodak Moment,” a marketing masterstroke that now feels quaint, a victim of what I’ll call photobesity: a deluge of snapshots made so mindlessly and frequently that they’ve devolved into pullulating yottabytes of digital dross. more
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It could be argued that The Pond – Moonlight (1904), taken in Mamaroneck, New York, near the home of his friend Charles Caffin, still stands as his most important early work. more
I love to be fully immersed in a scene. The process often starts with a documentary image - capturing what’s there. Then follows a kind of dance around the subject or place, trying to find the right angle, the right light, the right depth of field. more
In this episode, Mark and I talk to Paul Kenny about his transition from traditional photography to scanner art, the profound influence of music and nature on his creative process, the emotional connections in art, the challenges of navigating the art world, more
Michael will discuss his process of photographing on film and will explain the patient and painstaking work of making prints by hand in his darkroom. more
Photography is a technology based medium produced by a technological society with a reason-focused worldview. It contains two temptations: decoration and propaganda. However, I propose an attitude that promotes expression. more
Most trees demand more than one meeting to make their best photograph, and, just as with people, sometimes the truest friends are not the ones who dazzle you at first but the ones who invite you to keep looking and listening. more
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‘A winter coral’ is not exactly a landscape photograph. Yet, somehow, it evokes so much of what, to me, makes great landscape photography. Trym Ivar Bergsmo was, in his own words, of the North. more
His work is not loud; it does not insist. Instead, it invites us to look closer, to notice the quiet details that most would overlook. Each image feels like a found object, carefully selected for its texture, its geometry, or its subtle interplay of light and shadow. more
Welcome to our 4x4 feature, which is a set of four mini landscape photography portfolios which has been submitted by Graeme Darling, Leo Catana, Robert Hewitt & Ronald Lake more
The Asif Ounila River in Morocco runs southward from the Atlas Mountains through a very narrow valley that once was a route for caravans traveling between the Sahara and Marrakech. more
Have you ever played a game of visualising living things in clouds, mountains or landscape? Somewhere, I started a small project, which is ongoing, of recording the humorous scenes in woodland which I came across in my walks or photoshoots. more
The flow and slowness of this massive landscape was fascinating and moving. more
on Michael Kenna’s Darkroom Diaries
Thanks for publishing this, really interesting. I'm a big fan of Kenna's compositions. Is an actual book of his "Darkroom Diaries" planned? I'm sure it would be very popular.
- alanrew, 17:04 29th Augon Personal Photography
In the field all my understanding is put aside as I think is the case of most photographers. The analysis is post fact so I have a better view of what I am doing and ask: is this what I want? Only for reflection. If I had to think this out [...]
- Michael Jones, 17:54 26th Aug
on End frame: The Pond Moonrise by Edward Steichen
Thank you Andrew, a beautifully written & revealing piece about this work in particular & expressiveness in general.
- Geoff Kell, 08:32 24th Aug