In Magnum’s excellent online on-demand course, The Art of Street Photography, Carolyn Drake acknowledges the difficulty in defining street photography. I think every photographer should define what the street means to them in their own way. There’s no one way… Read More »What IS Street Photography, Anyway?
Known for his aggressive, (literally) in-your-face working practices of Street Photography, Bruce Gilden is something of a master of the craft. His first long-term project was to walk the streets of his native New York City and create something of… Read More »A Week At Leica With Bruce Gilden
As a photographer, and a keen follower of surrealism, Paris has for a time been something of an omphalos for my interest in the visual and written arts. The city of Breton, Aragon, Soupault, and Eluard. An adopted home of… Read More »A Weekend at Magnum with Richard Kalvar
Almost a year ago, I was accepted into the mentoring program of the acclaimed Polish photo agency, Sputnik Photos. I was very happy to have my application considered worthy after only a few months back behind the camera after an… Read More »Magnum Professional Practice
Understanding exposure is vital to any photographer wanting to remove the water-wings and start wading into the pool of manual operation of a camera. A few years ago, I wrote a primer on the law of reciprocity for my photography… Read More »Understanding The Exposure Triangle