We Can’t Paint

I don’t know what the all the fuss is about surrounding the release of this camera, but it seems a lot of people want it, really bad. It is pretty sexy though. I have a feeling if Winogrand was alive and used this camera, he would have gone through about ten of them in a [...]

My film scanner broke. Now I’m in the process of researching models, checking prices, reading reviews, etc. If anyone out there has any idea which model would best suite scanning 4 x 5 and 35mm negs it would an enormous help. So far I’ve been leaning towards the Epson V700 or the V750 pro model. [...]

Cutting on a Slope, 2002 © Scott McFarland
One of the limitations I feel that the Internet has pressed upon photography is its lackluster effect of presentation. This is specifically true with the photography of Vancouver based Scott McFarland. His prints are amazingly beautiful and no amount of explanation will do them justice. One that note, his [...]

Champion, 2007 © Charlie White
One of my all time favourite staged photographers is Charlie White. To dismiss his work as simply being strange or even sensationalist is wrong. For example, Understanding Joshua explores a complex male fragility inherent in common social situations through a character named Joshua.

Sherri’s Living Room, 2001 © Charlie White
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Since its widespread adoption there has been a stigma around digital photography. This is particularly evident when you ask photographers their opinion on the matter. I’ve never thought too hard about whether an alternate mode of image production meant that photography was dead, it has always been more of an issue with subjective ethics. What [...]

Perhaps the one characteristic of Jeff Wall’s photography I’ve always respected is his ability to take chances. He certainly wasn’t the first to digitally manipulate photographs or enlarge their presence in the gallery, but as a viewer you cannot help but realize that Wall’s contribution to photography has in some respects set it free from [...]