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Embracing Failure and Being Humble
Making photographs is all about personal decisions like what subject matter you choose to photograph or which of your photographs is good enough for others to see more
Between Tides
The seashore has something magical about it. It is amazing how in the course of a few hours a landscape emerges that was hidden by the water. more
End frame: Radiant Mountain Aspen by Christopher Burkett
Burkett is recognised nationally for making Cibachrome prints that employ sophisticated and unique masking techniques. He hand-prints his 8 by 10-inch transparencies to sizes of 20 x 24 inches, 30 x 40 inches, and 40 x 50 inches. more
End frame: Broichbachtal 41 by Manfred Geyer
‘Your own photos are never enough.’ Robert Adams’ observation (from his book Why People Photograph) has adorned my profile page on Flickr since I joined in 2006. more
End frame: Twin Oaks 1956, Wynn Bullock
The photograph is not only about two trees. For me, it's more about the complexity of nature, that there is always something more to discover if one just takes the time to look. more
End frame: Fruit Trees, Laimbach, 2010 by Bernhard Fuchs
To me, his photography encompasses an absolute mastery of the technical side of the medium with a strong sense of emotion more
Interview with David Magee
My earliest memories are of being by the sea. It is alive, it has a voice and a beating heart. It is a literal force of Nature. Every time I’m close to the sea I feel a calming sense of serenity and security. Especially the coastline of West Cork. more
Metaphysics & the Rückenfigur
The reason that I’ve approached the photograph in this way is that it reminds me so much of one of the masterpieces of German Romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer over the Sea of Fog (1818 more
New Location, Same Focus
I made it down to the beach, a former smuggler’s haunt, and was amazed to see the quite wonderful ripples and swirls of the red sandstone. more
States of Grace
My work is rooted in the serenity I find in the sinuous elegance of organic forms. I photograph intuitively, guided by what I feel as much as what I see. more
End frame: Dorset, 1986 by Sir Don McCullin
McCullin’s landscapes have helped to inspire me to look more carefully at my immediate surroundings, with a view to taking photographs, and to broaden my ideas about what makes a suitable subject for a photograph. more
End frame: First in the Series of ‘Oracles’ by David Parker
I love this photograph because it is so mysterious. What is happening? Is it real? Is the water falling or rising, magically suspended or turned to ice? more
End frame: Toward Los Angeles, CA by Dorothea Lange
During a year like this, when the pandemic is giving us millions of souls to weep for as well as to remember, the imperative is to build our future by studying the past. Awareness of the past is the sharpest weapon we have in determining our future. more
Whispers
Back in the autumn, I saw a Facebook post by Jon about his new book 'Whispers' and we ordered a copy. Time got the better of me but I eventually got around to enjoying the book back in spring 2021. It had been a number of years since we interviewed Jon as our featured photographer, so I got in touch and started chatting about what he'd be up to and how the project came about. We interviewed you back more