Category: Review
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Some books don’t just sit on your shelf, they settle into your soul. Robbie Lawrence’s Long Walk Home, published by Stanley/Barker, has precisely done that for me, earning the title of my favourite photobook to date. This exquisite double-volume work, a blend of candid action shots, studio portraiture, and a lyrical essay by the late…
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Some books don’t merely occupy shelf space, they settle into your soul. Anders Goldfarb’s Ash Avenue, published by the brilliant team over at Red Hook Editions, is one such work. I read this books last night and as soon as I finished I went right back and read it again. This striking collection of black…
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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…