First "serious" book-dummy...

… I hope! At last I can look at the Via Miracoli book without having a head ache afterwards! What a nightmare editing is… Last week I attended the lecture held by John E. & Patrick S. on book publishing and one point Patrick mentioned was, that producing a book involves a great deal of STRUGGLE. Hell yes, can I relate to that! Just about everything is difficult in book making; it starts with the beginning of a book which is in a way pure insanity… Which photograph “sucks” the viewer in? [Read More]

Feel the photo II

Yesterday I wanted to try to do Peter Frasers experiment out doors, it was a sunny day but unfortunately very windy and not warm enough to sit somewhere for 30 minutes… So, I decided to cycle around in East London, not far from where I live, the whole morning already I had this “feeling” that I want to cruise around the streets between Mare Street and London Fields. For me this experiment was more about having the courage to follow the feelings that evolve and make the photos, rather than thinking “oh - this is too banal or it won’t work anyway. [Read More]

Feel the photo - workshop with Peter Fraser

We started the New Year with a wonderful talk by Peter Fraser - it was truly inspiring to see his work and to listen how he experiences photography. At the end Peter asked us to do the following experiment: choose a safe place sit or stand for 30 minutes, eyes closed as soon as you open your eyes make photos of what you feel & not what you see… [Read More]