How Photography Books Have Radically Reduced My Appetite For New Photos

As part of my photographic simplification in recent months, I've abandoned social media, unplugged from my online life at weekends, and invested in a few photography books. One of the interesting side effects I've noticed is how I am consuming barely any photography online now.  Partly this is because I am online less generally, and… Continue reading How Photography Books Have Radically Reduced My Appetite For New Photos

Books Before Gear #2 – In England – Don McCullin

The second in a new series of posts called Books Before Gear (BBG), as  I move increasingly towards viewing photographs via paper rather than pixels. I’m no art critic, and my thoughts about each book are entirely subjective, but hopefully they’ll give you an idea of whether you might enjoy the book too. At the… Continue reading Books Before Gear #2 – In England – Don McCullin

Books Before Gear #1 – The Nature Of Photographs – Stephen Shore

Welcome to the first in a new series of posts called Books Before Gear (BBG). We've talked recently about trading pixels for paper and absorbing more photography via physical print(s) rather than online. And how I've entered a paper age for viewing photographs - my own and the classics of decades past. Plus as I'm… Continue reading Books Before Gear #1 – The Nature Of Photographs – Stephen Shore