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  • Many Years in the making: The Monochrome Triangle

    Many Years in the making: The Monochrome Triangle

    Why do some black and white photographs stop you completely while others, technically accomplished and carefully processed, leave you feeling nothing? I have finally found a way to answer it.

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  • Wabi Sabi and the Beauty of the Imperfect Photograph

    Wabi Sabi and the Beauty of the Imperfect Photograph

    Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic philosophy that finds beauty in imperfection and impermanence. It is not a filter or a style. It is a way of seeing. And once you understand it, you will never look at a photograph the same way again.

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  • Weekly News Roundup

    Weekly News Roundup

    A big week. Artemis II returned from the Moon with 10,000 photographs. The Salgado auction closed in New York. Lee Miller opens in Paris. And there is new gear and exhibition news worth knowing about.

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  • Take the Cliché Photograph

    Take the Cliché Photograph

    The advice is everywhere. Do not take the same photograph as everyone else. Find a unique angle. Push past the obvious shot. It is good advice. It is also incomplete. Here is what it leaves out.

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  • The Secret to Depth in a Black and White Photograph

    The Secret to Depth in a Black and White Photograph

    A photograph is flat. It has no actual depth. Everything that makes a black and white image feel three dimensional is an illusion. Here is how to construct that illusion deliberately rather than accidentally.

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  • What Sebastião Salgado Teaches Us About Making Work That Matters

    What Sebastião Salgado Teaches Us About Making Work That Matters

    Sebastião Salgado spent four decades photographing people the world preferred not to look at. This week those photographs are selling for six figures at auction in New York. Here is what that means and what it teaches us.

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  • Photographer Spotlight: Robert Stacy

    Photographer Spotlight: Robert Stacy

    Robert Stacy has spent his career pointing his camera at the things the world would rather look away from. Reproductive rights, civil rights, homelessness, economic justice. Not because it is comfortable but because he believes photography can change things. We talked to him about dignity, spontaneity, and why he always walks back the way he…

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  • How to Think Like an Editor Of A Novel

    How to Think Like an Editor Of A Novel

    A novelist without an editor is a photographer without a filter. The work might be brilliant. But without someone asking the hard questions it will never be as good as it could be. Here is how to be your own editor.

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  • How to Build a Portfolio That Actually Gets Looked At

    How to Build a Portfolio That Actually Gets Looked At

    Foto’s portfolio feature is one of the best tools available to photographers right now for sharing a body of work. Most people are not using it well. Here is how to change that.

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  • Weekly News Roundup

    Weekly News Roundup

    A big week. Sony has effectively shut down its memory card business due to the flash shortage, DNG is now an international standard, and Annie Leibovitz was photographing soccer players in Atlanta. Here is everything worth knowing.

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