Tag Archives for " history "

#993. Backyard Gems – The Curious Case of a place called Finn Slough

By John Wilson | Art & Creativity , Travel Photography

North American usage: Slough (pronounced – sloo): A side channel or inlet, or a natural channel that is only sporadically filled with water. Much loved and much maligned, the unplanned, unregulated collection of houses, boardwalks, net sheds and boats called Finn Slough straddles the channel between Whitworth Island and Lulu Island on the Fraser River in […]

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#971. The way some shot … and killed (photographing Breendonk camp)

By Pascal Ollier | Opinion , Travel Photography

Photography, beyond the recreation, the pleasure, the excitement, may also at times serve a higher purpose, i.e. to report history. This article will humbly attempt to contribute to this mission. Enjoying a respite in the winter rain, I decided to go and visit Breendonk, a fortress surrounded with water built early in the 20 th […]

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#951. On Projects

By Dave Jenkins | How-To

As I wrote recently to a friend — Steve, I think you are looking in the wrong place for a solution to your photo-malaise. You are looking at process, not purpose. Changing cameras, lenses, experimenting with film, seeking to emulate other photographers (although that is not necessarily a bad thing in itself) — these are […]

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#927. Visiting Angkor

By Steffen Kamprath | How-To , Travel Photography

In 2011, I visited the UNESCO world heritage site Angkor, Cambodia, and was amazed by it’s various temples, monasteries and sites and the little I knew about the Khmer kingdom and its power.

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#228. Visual History of Cameras or Photographic Dream Catcher?

By pascaljappy | Opinion

Infographics are so overused these days that we hardly pay any attention to them anymore. But this one is endearing, retracing the history of the camera from the early camera obscura to the 1980s. Endearing, then. But also very interesting: First of all, the 33 year history since the end of this timeline is probably […]

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