The “camera doesn’t lie.” It’s an oft quoted mantra, but as long ago as 1977, the writer Susan Sontag wrote in her book “On Photography”, that photographers decide what to shoot, what elements to exclude, what angle to use and how the photograph is framed and cropped… Therefore, she argued, photography is in fact a subjective form of representation. Like most veteran photographers, the years spent honing my craft has encouraged me to think about photography and formulate my own disparate opinions, a selection of of which can be seen below…
- OPINION: COMPETITIONS: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?I’ve only ever entered one photographic competition, the U.K. “Garden Photographer of the Year” competition about 15 years ago. My winter shot of Powerscourt Gardens in Ireland was among the finalists hanging on the wall at Kew Gardens. It did …
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- OPINION: STAYING SOUND WITH VISION…Or another way to stop COVID driving you nuts! With warnings of increased mental problems in the wake of COVID-19, experts suggest that using time constructively and/or creatively is key to navigating through feelings of anxiety and depression. “Expressive art …
- OPINION: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON AND BRASSAIHow would you rate an acclaimed photographer who says “Photography is nothing, it’s life that interests me” … Poseur or snob? When Henri Cartier-Bresson attended an exhibition at the International Centre of Photography in New York, he spoke about his …
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- OPINION: CAMERAHOLICSA tongue-in-cheek post about Equipment Geeks. Did you know they’ve been around for years? Master photographer Edward Weston (1886-1956) even wrote about them…“the fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master …
