I never completely bought into the belief that “a picture tells a thousand words”. There are way too many times when a well-crafted caption better captures the moment in a picture. The following picture was made in haste, with an iPhone, at a time when I was still getting used to the camera more than…
Category: Photography
Ruminations – With Pictures
I was reminded recently, in a round-about way, after a brief meeting with an artist in Cape Town, of my visit to the 2019 Istanbul Biennial. The works on display across Istanbul were inventive and exceptional, but the visit to this great city turned out to be a terribly disappointing expedition. Istanbul never disappoints –…
Sunlight Fell on a Breast
I was never interested in making pictures of people in the nude. On very rare occasions I made pictures without ever showing the faces of people. A ray of sunlight fell between the curtains. I shot two or three frames.
Two Easy Pieces on Journalism and Journalists, and The Media
I wrote a couple of pieces on journalism and the news media, in general, in my Daily Maverick column. I place excerpts, here, with links to the original posts. All my Daily Maverick columns are available here. Click on image to get to the column
Chickens in Peril
I ventured into Siti Khadijah Market in Kota Bharu, and emerged with a bad (airborne) virus that laid me down for a week, and a set of pictures made with the mirrorless Nikon Z6ii. It felt good to be behind viewfinder, again. Some way to go, yet, with the “post-production” options, filters and frames. I…
Seeing what may come from a photograph
This is a very ordinary, everyday scene in a building.
First Digital Photographic Expedition
I set out a few weeks ago to give photography another try. I had sold the last of my film equipment, my beloved Nikon F5 almost two decades ago, and bought an entry-level digital camera. My work as a writer, an academic and in policy-making had made it difficult to fully embrace photography to the…