Exploring & Celebrating Photography


Book Review • Portrait

Autoportrait – Samuel Fosso

Renowned for his penetrative self-portraiture which explores pan-African identity, photographer Samuel Fosso has led to his epithet ‘the man of a thousand faces’, is widely regarded as one of Africa’s most important contemporary artists.

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color street photo of tuk tuk driver in Bangkok, Thailand, by Phatsakorn Bundasak
© Phatsakorn Bundasak

Book Review • Street

Mark Cohen:
Dark Knees – The Devil is in the detail

Mark Cohen left his house in Wilkes-Barre, with his Leica in one hand and flashgun in the other, everyday for over 30 years, with absolutely no pretences.

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Editorial • Portrait

A Brief History of Portrait Photography

Portrait Photography: In 1829 French artist Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre struck a partnership with fellow inventor Joseph-Nicephore Niépce. Together they sought to develop a method to capture the images visible in a camera obscura.

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