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Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl – An Icon Shrouded in Questions
Published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, Steve McCurry’s image of a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl,…
Should Today’s Photographers be Videographers too?
Convergence is the byword of our age: typewriters have become personal computers. The humble phone has become a…
Slow Photography: In Praise of the Print
Not so long ago, to take a photo was to always imagine an image expressed in printed form.…
Focus on Focus: Between quality and creativity
Considering its obvious importance, photographers don’t often talk about focus. We almost never appreciate a picture on the…
The Ominous Specter of AI in Photography
Ethical questions surrounding the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our lives are echoing ever more loudly and…
AFP Furor: Copyright Issues in the Spotlight
The Internet is abuzz with a story that pits a former AFP photographer against his erstwhile employer. The…
Where Photography Ends and Photoshop Begins
A photographer’s guide to the ethics of digital photography The essence of photography has often been summed up by the saying “the…
To ask or not to ask? The photographer’s conundrum
For street and documentary photographers, it’s a question that goes to the heart of their art: when is…
George Floyd and the Pivotal Power of Documentary Photography
The terrifying footage of an American police officer murdering George Floyd, a black man suspected of being drunk…
A Photographer’s Identity Crisis in the Digital Era
It seems like a strange question (especially from a photographer who co-founded a platform for photographers), but who or what is a photographer anyway?