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Stillness

June 12, 2015 • 1 Comment

Dawn on a lake in Bavaria. Hardly a breath of wind. The peace and serenity of reeds, leaves and water. Unconscious references When reviewing images at their full size, I am often struck by the way that they evoke art that I have drunk in over the years. For instance, I feel that my enjoyment of depictions of Chinese nature, particularly in th...

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...and The Smell

June 05, 2015 • 1 Comment

This scene stopped me in my tracks yesterday, as I walked past an anonymous apartment block in Paris’ 17 th arrondissement. I smelled it before I saw it, as the pungent mix of burnt plastic, cloth, paper, wood and who-knows-what-else filled the air. I am not a reportage photographer and people rarely figure directly in my artistic work, but this po...

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Still Life

May 29, 2015 • 1 Comment

“Still life” indeed. In fact, they are not just still, they are dead. Notwithstanding their lifeless state, it is all those eyes, which grabs you and make you wonder about what these poor fish feel about their situation. They seem so surprised at what has happened to them. Many seem to be staring out, imploring us to rescue them. Capturing The F...

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Literas Loquendi

May 23, 2015 • 1 Comment

I owe this classics-based title to the occasion when I took this photograph, which was the World Premiere of composer Johan Hugossons’ eponymous choral work at the Swedish Church in London. That said, my purpose is to write on taking an image in difficult light without a tripod, also while prevented from using flash because a performance was underw...

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Apocalypse Now

May 14, 2015 • 2 Comments

While working in Hawaii on a soon-to-be-revealed project, I spent several days and nights photographing the crater of Kilauea volcano. During daytime, the fact that it is in constant eruption is usually surprisingly hard to see, with only a wisp of steamy grey-white smoke joining its crater to the sky. At night, however, the eruption is marginally...

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