“The goal for the photographer is to be visually articulate.” - Dennis Stock Dennis Stock was born in 1928 in New York City. His father was Swiss and his mother was English. At the age of 17, he left home to join the United States Navy. Following his discharge, he won first prize and became [...]
Jérôme Liebling was an American photographer, director and teacher, he was born on April 14th, 1924 in Harlem and died on July 27th, 2011 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He grew up in poverty in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. In 1942, Liebling dropped out during the first semester from the Brooklyn University and joined the Second [...]
As much as I love learning from the Masters, I've been wanting to incorporate some photographers from our generation. Although there's a lot of noise to sip through, we do have some very unique creators as well. Anthony Stagg is such creator. I am ashamed to say that I was not aware of Anthony's until [...]
If you’ve been in photography for a while, you will know by now that not all images are planned. I pride myself on planning and visualising my images before creating them. However, I’ve recently noticed that my personal favourites are the ones that are unplanned. There’s something about the unexpected part of this image that [...]
"I believe in functional photography because it has the quality of extreme clarity and to the audience a vivid realism. Documentation of a social scene is one of the functions to which photography is particularly well adapted." - Sol Libsohn A New Yorker by birth, Mr. Libsohn taught himself how to take pictures after [...]
Whether you've been to London or not or seen it in the movies, most of us recognise the building in the image below. St Paul's Cathedral is one of the most known and iconic cathedrals in the world. St Paul's cathedral sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the city of London. Its [...]
I was one of those kids that loved reading and loved maths and geometry. Later on, when I became interested in photography, composition to me became about seeing patterns. Patterns that are pleasing to the eye. Seeing things that stand out easily to me. On the other hand, I also avidly go out of my [...]
I love to plan my days when I go out to shoot. I check weather, I check location and more to maximise my day. However, when you are away and around only for a weekend, the ideal weather and every else goes out of the window. I would love to say that I would love [...]
Some days start normally and end with some surprises. Days like these are far and few between so I love going back and review them especially when these memories have images attached to them. Since I work full time, I set out time to capture images. These are usually weekends. Just like any other day, [...]
Early last year, I was lucky enough to be invited to visit The Scalpel building before it opened. The Scalpel is the new skyscraper addition to London's skyline. It can be found on Lime street. On the same street and adjacent, you will find the Lloyd's Building and the Willis building. The Scalpel is 190 [...]
