Category: Review
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Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of using Pro Camera by Moment, and I must say—it’s quickly become one of my favourite photography apps. As someone who indulges in both photography and videography, I was particularly struck by the app’s capacity to record high-quality video—a feature that many similar apps still lack. Its intuitive…
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Camera M is a fantastic manual camera app that brings DSLR-like control to the iPhone. Offering a robust set of features, it stands toe-to-toe with the well-known ProCamera app, making it an excellent choice for photographers who want full creative control.
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Kudzu. The word alone carries a heft, conjuring a relentless green tide, a creeping force that swallows all in its path. Known as “the vine that ate the South,” it’s more than a plant, it’s a myth, a quiet conqueror reshaping the American South’s landscapes and lore. In Kudzu, Sabine Bungert and Stefan Dolfen weave…
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Over the past week, I’ve been putting ProCamera through its paces—an app that promises to transform your iPhone into a professional-grade photography tool. As someone who’s long sworn by the native camera app’s simplicity, I approached this with equal parts scepticism and curiosity. Yet, after days of shooting in RAW, tinkering with manual settings, and…
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Pia-Paulina Guilmoth’s Flowers Drink the River, published by Stanley/Barker, feels like a soft knock on a hidden door, a call to step into a world where patience, intimacy, and a fierce kind of stillness shape photography’s heartbeat. This isn’t just a book of images; it’s a testament to her dance with her surroundings, her chosen…
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There’s a certain magic in old photographs, an ability to capture not just a moment but an entire feeling, a sense of being there. Justus Wayne Thomas’ The River Will Be a Part of Us is a testament to that power: a visual diary of youthful adventure, camaraderie, and the relentless pull of the river.…
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Larry Clark’s Return is a haunting journey back into a world he once exposed with brutal honesty and of which you can see my review in Tulsa: A Photographic Chronicle of Youth, Chaos, and Consequence. For those of us who were first captivated by the raw energy and unfiltered reality of Tulsa, Return comes as…
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There are some books that enter your life at just the right time. When you’re young, searching, and hungry for something raw and real. Tulsa by Larry Clark was one of those books for me. As a teenager, exploring life by going out, partying, and doing the things that teenagers do, Clark’s work hit like…
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Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s latest photobook, Writing in the Sand, is an evocative testament to a career built on capturing the raw beauty and ephemeral moments of life. This exquisite volume, now distributed by Dewi Lewis Publishing, is much more than a collection of images—it is the culmination of twenty-five years of dedicated work, a visual diary…
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In the ever-evolving realm of rock culture, where music and image have long been intertwined, Or glory 21st Century Rockers – Horst A. Friedrichs Presetell Press stands as a powerful statement of modern rebelliousness and artistic expression. This photobook is not merely a collection of images—it is an immersive journey into the heart of contemporary…