what's so cool about nice ?!
I'm not generally interested in photographing smiling people - not revealing enough, smiles often worn as masks, even by merry people....
book binge
just the latest iteration Thomas Gudzowaty, CLOSER: I'm a bit ambivalent about Gudzowaty. On the one hand, the man clearly has talent and...
Recent additions to my photo library
Cuba, by Marc Riboud - a beautifully published, slim little tome containing the full text and pictures of Jean Daniel and Marc Riboud's...
recent acquisitions
At War, Anja Niedringhaus: I wasn't going to buy this book when it came out, seemed to me like a lame attempt to cash in on the sad death...
Neat and tidy Switzerland
From Chur again, where they speak a remnant of latin. Closer to home in Geneva, as a kid I used to think the two main cathedrals (St...
قسم ألمقتنيات - new acquisitions
Not so sure why I do this, but there it is: Première biennale des photographes du monde arabe contemporain - exhibition catalogue - great...
check out Pascal Maître !!!
absolutely amazing photos from Africa, taken all over the continent over decades, in glorious color. beautiful, powerful images, just had...
boring photos by Wim Wenders
got the latest issue of Polka magazine, has a feature on Wim and Donata (his wife) Wenders' photos. Now Wenders makes great films, no...
Fantastic links - books etc.
You just absolutely have to check this out: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34090145 Photographer's name, from Mozambique, is Mario...
it's Finland again
trying to emulate Pentti Sammallahti - yes it's really a person's name, not really his fault, he's finnish, from a land where they just...
