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2 November, 2026
A Journey into the Past
Early October, autumn in Germany. Sunny, dry weather with mild temperatures. I got into my car and drove to two places, each 20 km away from where I live. Both places are in the...
2 November, 2026
Minolta Dynax 7xi review – Everything turned up to ‘xi’
The Minolta Dynax 7xi (also known as Alpha or Maxxum 7xi) was released in 1991 as a replacement for the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7000i which had been Minolta’s ‘enthusiast...
1 November, 2026
Your photo of the year 2026 (and my photo of the year 2026)
David Pauley has cornered me into this ‘photo of the year’ lark again by sharing his ‘Take two‘ and suggesting that we go for a repeat of last year…...
1 November, 2026
A Graceful Exit – My Favorite Photo of 2026
Poor Hamish. I had another image all lined up and written about for my 2026 Favorite Photo of the Year, a black-and-white photograph of a celebrated boys’ choir processing in so...
1 November, 2026
The Finished City
Central London very often looks as if someone had already taken the photograph. It is, in fact, a part of town endlessly photographed on phones, instant cameras, old and new “di...
31 October, 2026
A “Haunted Tree House” – One-Shot Story
On a dark, stormy night in 1995, I witnessed Jerry Uelsmann’s spooky photos in an “Outer Limits” TV series opening and fell in love with his surreal work. Especially his “Tree H...
31 October, 2026
Goodbye Summer – Autumn with a roll of Rollei CR200
I’ve been away a while, or rather haven’t been shooting lately. It’s one of those things; I go through phases where other aspects of life take over and my incl...
30 October, 2026
Life 2.0 – A One Shot Story
One fall Friday last year, as I was leaving the MIT mosque after prayer, I encountered this unusual procession. A humanoid robot leading a small team of people, marching off cam...
