Blogs about Photography

“It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding.” (Edward Steichen) Thanks for following Alexander S. Kunz Photography via RSS & keeping independent …

This photo by photojournalist Evan Vucci is already an iconic image of our times. The amazing Imitative Photography YouTube channel has a great video showing how that photograph was made - a rare example of …

Old and New Samaritaine – Paris, France Not all the stores in this area are fast-casual and fast-furniture outlets housed in handsome classic stone buildings. There is also a unique department store. I didn’t know …

Photo: © Stan BanosWish I could be so unabashedly, unashamedly proud of my body as the person pictured above. You know, comfortable in your own skin so to speak; just able to let it all …

Egypt and the Holy Land in Historic Photographs. 77 Views by Francis Frith.Introduction by Julia Van Haaften, Selection and Commentary by Jon E Manic WhitePublished by Dover Publications, 1980 Frith was an English photographer in …

Thought Number One: As you guys know I have been playing around with Micro 4/3rds and really enjoying it! One disappointment was I bought a OM System OM-D-E M1 Mark III. The camera is well …

No sooner did Nikkei publish their mirrorless market share report (chart summarizing that, below), did the amateur statisticians once again whip up their completely wrong analysis, one of whom went to the trouble of asking …

Ridgeline subscribers — Hello! It’s been ages (well, a month or so) — I’m in constant scramble mode (or is it burnout mode?) these days. Finishing up the Random House edition of Things Become Other …

“The Urchins,” Marina Bay, Singapore. All images © Choi + Shine Architects, shared with permission Whether working in Scottsdale, Arizona, or Fukuoka City, Japan, Jin Choi and Thomas Shine have found that crochet is a …

A few days ago, I wrote an article for a German newspaper about THAT Trump picture. Given the typical length of such opinion pieces, there were a few strands that I was only able to …

In the mid-1970s, three women in their twenties decided to treat themselves to a Mediterranean cruise ship holiday. They sailed with the Fred Olsen Lines ‘Winter Cruise Club’ aboard the M. S. Blenheim, which began …

My relationship with photography continues to evolve. Lately it’s become much more personal, useful for holding memories of family and travel close to the heart and less to discover poetry in light. Yet there are …

I'll preface this with . . if you 'liked' me on Instagram and if I 'liked' you on Instagram, then generally I liked what I saw - the stuff below this isn't aimed at anyone …

Red Founders – Buckeye, AZ – Fujifilm X-T4 ES – Aerochrome v1 This “Aerochrome v1” Film Simulation Recipe is for full spectrum infrared cameras, and not “normal” cameras, which have an infrared filter over the …

This is the lens that was developed for the 1936 Winter Olympics to show-off German technical prowess. It was originally built to be used on a Contax rangefinder, which must have made it difficult to …

I wrote yesterday about the process of heading downtown to one of my favorite law practices to make an environmental portrait of one of the firm's latest hires. I couldn't post any finished images because …

Colleen Miniuk and I recently sat with our good friends and hosts of the We Talk Photo podcast, Jack Graham and John Pedersen, for an enjoyable conversation about our recent books, life, and philosophy. I …

Busy was the Chinese Communist Party in the first few days after it brutally suppressed pro-democracy demonstrators on June 4, 1989. It produced a series of horrifying photos and a photo book to justify its …

Photographing a total solar eclipse is a special experience. On April 8, 2024, my friend Kevin and I set out to capture the eclipse from Perryville Regional Airport in Missouri. This was my second time …

Time for another selection of recently published photos that don’t quite demand a blog post of their own: Kanaka Creek Regional Park in Maple Ridge First I have this photograph along the north fork of …