This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on August 30th, 2023. If you want to see the invisible, carefully observe the visible – Manuel Álvarez Bravo As a seasoned street photographer wading into the… Read More »Photos, Mostly 10: Everyone’s A Critic
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on July 26th, 2023. Someone sang a song and I sang along / Cause I knew the words from my childhood – Nobody’s Empire – Belle and Sebastian… Read More »Photos, Mostly 09: Film For The Future
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on June 28th, 2023. Not long ago, I looked wearily into our bathroom mirror at my shorn temple to see that indeed, hidden by the now departed… Read More »Photos, Mostly 08: O.K. Computer
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on May 31st, 2023. Black and white are the colors of photography. They symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected. – Robert… Read More »Photos, Mostly 07: Shadows and Light
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on April 26th, 2023. Having started in street photography using digital cameras over a decade before moving to film, I have generous experience in both. Since loading… Read More »Photos, Mostly 06: Embracing The Imperfect
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on March 29th, 2023. A decade ago, I was an underachieving modern-classical and ambient musician, and a voracious listener of 20th century experimental composers and composers of… Read More »Photos, Mostly 05: Anything Can Happen
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on February 22nd, 2023. Sitting across my room sits a small, though ever-expanding, library of books containing tens of thousands of photographs. Each book represents an artwork… Read More »Photos, Mostly 04: Book Smart
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on January 25th, 2023. Photographing in the street for long enough, despite all efforts to the contrary, we will unintentionally upset someone. Whether a beginner of only… Read More »Photos, Mostly 03: Walk Unafraid
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on December 21st, 2022. Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst – Henri Cartier-Bresson Now 2 years into my return to street photography, and almost 20 since… Read More »Photos, Mostly 02: A Discerning Eye
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on November 15th, 2022. As a relic old enough to remember a time before the internet, I have lived through the exciting rise and often undignified fall… Read More »Photos, mostly 01: Social Media Exhaustion