Writing tagged: ‘photography’
Articles primarily about photography.
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Hockney on Mars
Two David Hockney exhibitions provide a lesson in paying close attention.
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Book review: ‘Photography: a very short introduction’ by Steve Edwards
Thoughts on important photographic topics.
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Book review: ‘See/Saw’ by Geoff Dyer
Looking at photographs.
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Adapting to a new camera
How a new camera enforced a new approach, and brought unexpected delight.
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Rich Text newsletter No. 36: ‘Such an ugly looking baby’
A startling personal revelation • an ugly baby • a bad pun about crossword puzzles • some sound advice from Kathleen Jamie, and all the usual links and book reviews.
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Book review: ‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer
A book about photography.
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Book review: ‘Camera Lucida’ by Roland Barthes
A grandiloquent analysis of our most accessible means of visual representation, the photograph.
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2024: a year in photos
My fourteenth annual video slideshow.
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2023: a year in photos
My thirteenth annual video slideshow.
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A brace of raptors
Two close-encounters with murderous birds in as many days.
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Book review: ‘A Book Of Days’ by Patti Smith
Words and images from an inspirational artist.
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LRB letter: ‘The reaction economy’
On Charles Darwin’s use of photography in his book about human and animal emotions.