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Like the beat of a drum: The layering of narrative in Summer of Soul
Not strictly photography, but a great example of how layering of narrative can help visual storytellers
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Does seeing photographs of suffering deaden our consciences?
Historical study provides the best, if often imperfect, means of understanding the past. Based nearly always (I’m excepting micro-histories here) on mu…
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Apr 3
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What if everybody took up painting?
I’m finding the seemingly relentless discussion about the impact of digital capture in photography really tedious. Fred Ritchen, in After Photography (…
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Feb 11
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When the private image is made public
I’ve begun an excavation of sorts. The ground to be dug is a growing mound of images from family albums, including my own. The work is part of a projec…
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Jan 31
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The Tyranny of Thumb Length
A review of Hayal and Hakikat by Cemre Yesil
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Jan 26
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'I don't like the feeling I have a right to every image that is there'
Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art (2004)
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Jan 23
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Welcome to Format: Musings on Photography
A double exposure of the theoretical and the practical
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Jan 16
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