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This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on November 29th, 2023. It would be fair to say that Charles Baudelaire had complex feelings on the matter of photography. Despite finding himself in front of… Read More »Photos, Mostly 13: The Fugitive and the Infinite

This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on October 25th, 2023. I have heard many times that the road to hell is paved with good intentions but my own particular highway is instead pockmarked… Read More »Photos, Mostly 12: I Know You Are But What Am I?

This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on September 27th, 2023. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. This well-worn epigram is attributed to the Canadian ice-hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky (or, maybe, Michael… Read More »Photos, Mostly 11: The Disponible Street Photographer

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 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