Photographer Spotlight
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BEHIND THE MONOCHROME IMAGES.
There is no shortage of black and white photography on the internet. What is harder to find is the person behind it. The way they think. The reason they shoot the way they shoot. The influences that shaped them and the questions they are still trying to answer.
Photographer Spotlights goes behind the lens. Each piece is a full interview with a black and white photographer from somewhere in the world. We ask about their process, their gear, their influences and their work. A conversation with someone who has something worth saying about monochrome photography.
If you are a black and white photographer and would like to be featured in a Photographer Spotlight, we would love to hear from you. Email us at dp@themonochromecollective.co
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Photographer Spotlight: Onni Laine
Onni Laine found his direction in Japan in 2024 after years of shooting without a real purpose. What he found there was streets that feel slightly oppressive, slightly paranoia inducing, and a growing dissatisfaction with the silhouettes and clever reflections that street photography tends to reward too easily. He shoots ninety percent spontaneously with a…
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Photographer Spotlight: Lori Naumes
Lori Naumes got into photography because of encouragement, not obsession, feedback on social media, family cheering her on, and a decision to buy a “real” camera and give it a shot. Now she photographs people, emotion, and the quiet stories between them, favoring a zoom lens precisely so she can observe rather than stage. We…
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Photographer Spotlight: Lee Griffith
Lee Griffith started developing film in a shed with duct taped light leaks and chemistry stored in bottles his mortician gave him. Decades and a near-death experience later, he still shoots ninety five percent spontaneously, rotates through Polaroids and Hasselblads depending on how his hand feels in the dry cabinet, and credits a small town…
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Photographer Spotlight: Steven Sosa
Steven Sosa has been at it long enough to know that the style you develop is not something you plan. It is something you discover through practice and persistence and the willingness to keep going even when the motivation is hard to find. He shoots street on a Fujifilm X-Pro 2, X100V, Ricoh GR3, and…
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Photographer Spotlight: Kevin Delajoud
Kevin Delajoud came to photography through architecture and urban spaces and has never really left. His work is built on geometry, negative space, and the particular kind of emptiness that says something true about how people move through cities without ever really seeing them. He shoots with a Canon R7, edits minimally in Photoshop, and…
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Photographer Spotlight: Stephen Uhraney
Stephen Uhraney has been photographing real life for over 40 years and he still does not feel like it is work. The Toronto based documentary and street photographer shoots film and digital side by side, embeds with firefighters and police marine units, and carries a Rolleiflex alongside his digital gear. We asked him about the…
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Photographer Spotlight: Bettina Kardell
Bettina Kardel came to photography during the pandemic and found her way to street photography almost immediately. Her work is minimalist, graphic, and built around the geometry of urban spaces. She shoots with prime lenses and a Leica Q3 Monochrom and is currently working on her first photo book. We asked her about all of…
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Photographer Spotlight: Matt Hodson
Matt Hodson calls his style post-street. Not the decisive moment but the moment after. Not the person but the space they left behind. It sounds like a stylistic choice. It is also a philosophy that grew directly out of grief. Here is the photographer behind it.
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Photographer Spotlight: Kirill Baranovskiy
Kirill Baranovskiy on street photography, shooting spontaneously, and why the best photographs tell their own story.