Behind The Shot With Neil McShane

Neil McShane made this photograph from a bench in his front garden in 2022, while recovering from sepsis with a Fuji X-T20 and three old Zuiko

Behind The Shot

ONE PHOTOGRAPHER. ONE IMAGE. THE STORY BEHIND THE SHOT.

Every photograph has a moment before the moment. The decision to stop. The instinct to raise the camera. The fraction of a second between seeing something and committing to it.

Behind the Shot goes there. Each piece takes a single black and white photograph and unpacks it completely. The location, the light, the camera settings, the thought process. What the photographer saw, what they were hoping for, and what they actually got. Not a tutorial. Not a gear review. A window into the mind of someone making a deliberate monochrome image.

If you have a photograph you would like to submit for Behind the Shot, we would love to hear from you. Email us at dp@themonochromecollective.co

Behind The Shot With Darren Pellegrino

Darren Pellegrino had been passing Spot Pond on his way to his Boston studio for years, waiting for the right conditions. One foggy January morning with six inches of fresh snow on the ground and his hands freezing he finally pressed the shutter. This is the story behind the shot.
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