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Charley’s visually arresting narratives juxtapose complex diametrically opposed realities using a combination of self-presentation and still life techniques with almost Zen like simplicity.
It is this artful combination of simplicity of form and complexity of ideas that makes her work so seductive. We are confronted by conflicting symbols and without realising it, find ourselves embroiled in [...]

Until early 2005 a fast normal prime lens for an APS-C class DSLR meant either a 35mm f/2 or going into hock for a 35mm f/1.4. Having been impressed with the general consensus with regards to the Sigma 30mm f/1.4’s performance I decided to purchase this lens in August 2006 as my primary walk-around lens [...]

I don’t usually comment on the annnouncement of new lenses but this announcement had me come over all deja-vu. “Que?” I said to myself. Didn’t Sigma release this very same lens over 12-18 months ago?
In fact Phil over at DPReview states that this “should be an interesting alternative to the often poor kit lenses bundled [...]

Much like the Japanese concept of “Ma” which Kisho Kurokawa likens to the space between spoken words, the Kuleshov Effect becomes a way of reinforcing something through the use of understatement–the whisper that demands close attention. In photography, as in other visual arts one example of this might be the use of negative space to [...]

The Charlotte Observer sacked a staff photographer for altering a spot news image a few days back when all he’d tried to do was return the colour back to the sky. Although this wasn’t his first run-in with altering photos, the ethics of which was discussed by Pedro Meyer in his 2003 article In [...]

Whether it’s the children of the Australian outback desert or the crocodile lady of Cuba, Alastair McNaughton’s environmental portraiture rejects the propaganda of despair so fashionable in much of today’s photojournalism and offers a rare opportunity to meet ourselves through the faces of other cultures.
Aesthetically, Alistair’s photography ranges from the stylised mantra of Salgado to [...]

8″ x 10″ RA4 colour photo untitled girl and swing #4 depicting a young girls legs and a playground swing. Photographed on Fuji Reala 100 with Fujica G690 (6×9), 100mm f/3.5 Fujinon Tessar lens @ f/4 1/15sec.

A curious collection of short essays that, reveal their origins in the cursory style intrinsic to many magazines. As magazine articles, they would have acquitted themselves splendidly. However, this same brevity in a book of this nature becomes its Achilles heel. As a loose collection of essays skirting the subject of beauty it succeeds. However, [...]

Whether it’s a re-interpretation of Bresson’s "decisive moment" or his feeling of strangeness that Kertész’s Chez Mondrian remained unpublished and unknown for so long; David Travis’ seven essays make for an excellent afternoon’s read and offers insight into some of the subtle nuances that comprise the gamut of photographic genius. In fact, I found his [...]

Unprinted photo titled Stern Warning depicting the wreck of the George Rennie at the Northern end of Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island looking out across Cleveland Bay. Photographed on a Shen-hao HZX 4X5-IIA Field Camera, .5mm pinhole lens @ f/296, 10min on Polaroid 55p/n film.
Originally, this steel hulled paddle steamer is [...]