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How Sunrise Hunts and Serendipity Created the Look of Alex Kittoe’s book
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/3/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/3/25

How Sunrise Hunts and Serendipity Created the Look of Alex Kittoe’s book

It comes from slow travel, from quiet mornings, and from a growing archive that kept changing as Alex Kittoe changed. Across Europe, California, Africa, and Asia, he learned to trust film, to use colour with intention, and to let his curiosity guide him more than any plan. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Claire Rosen Turned a Simple Visual Experiment Into a Call to Rethink How We Treat Animals
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/1/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/1/25

How Claire Rosen Turned a Simple Visual Experiment Into a Call to Rethink How We Treat Animals

Can art make us treat animals with more care? It is a simple question, but it sits at the center of Claire Rosen’s ten year project Birds of a Feather. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Eight Years in the Arctic Shaped Marta Bevacqua’s Most Personal Project
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/29/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/29/25

How Eight Years in the Arctic Shaped Marta Bevacqua’s Most Personal Project

It started the moment she first stepped onto Svalbard.
She thought one visit would finally quiet a dream she carried since childhood, but the opposite happened. Photography Book Spotlight

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Film Photography Aesthetic in the Digital Age: Creating Analog Effects with Modern Tools
Advertorial Martin Kaninsky 11/29/25 Advertorial Martin Kaninsky 11/29/25

Film Photography Aesthetic in the Digital Age: Creating Analog Effects with Modern Tools

Discover how to recreate authentic film photography aesthetics using digital tools. Explore vintage filters, grain effects, negative styles, and creative editing techniques. Advertorial

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How Hanno Ketterer Turned 1,000 War Letters Into a Powerful New Photographic Story About Love and Survival
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/26/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/26/25

How Hanno Ketterer Turned 1,000 War Letters Into a Powerful New Photographic Story About Love and Survival

It starts the moment Hanno opened his grandmother’s box. Inside, he found almost one thousand letters his grandfather wrote during the war. Photography Book Spotlight

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Why Every Photographer Should Learn From Masters Who Actually Do the Work
Martin Kaninsky 11/24/25 Martin Kaninsky 11/24/25

Why Every Photographer Should Learn From Masters Who Actually Do the Work

I have interviewed hundreds of photographers for this blog, and the greatest advantage of that work is hearing directly from artists who spend their lives in the field.

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How to Restore Old Photos: A Complete Professional Guide for Saving Family Memories
Advertorial Martin Kaninsky 11/21/25 Advertorial Martin Kaninsky 11/21/25

How to Restore Old Photos: A Complete Professional Guide for Saving Family Memories

Learn how to restore old photos step by step from cleaning and scanning to repairing damage and reviving colour. Preserve your family’s memories beautifully. Advertorial

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Inside the Imagined Kyoto Yasuhiro Ogawa Spent 10 Years Photographing
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/19/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/19/25

Inside the Imagined Kyoto Yasuhiro Ogawa Spent 10 Years Photographing

What if Kyoto is most powerful when imagined, not seen? This idea helps explain why Yasuhiro Ogawa spent ten years returning to the same streets again and again. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Christophe Jacrot Turns Brutal Snowstorms Into Art in Winterland
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/17/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/17/25

How Christophe Jacrot Turns Brutal Snowstorms Into Art in Winterland

Most photographers avoid bad weather. Christophe Jacrot chases it. His new book Winterland is about the kind of beauty most people try to escape. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Ghana Turns Funerals Into Art: Regula Tschumi’s 20-Year Journey
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/15/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/15/25

How Ghana Turns Funerals Into Art: Regula Tschumi’s 20-Year Journey

For over two decades, Regula Tschumi has photographed funerals that look like festivals. In Ghana, saying goodbye to the dead can mean dancing, music, and coffins shaped like cars, fish, or teapots. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Paul Nicklen’s Reverence Turns Wildlife Photography Into a Tribute to the Planet
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/13/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/13/25

How Paul Nicklen’s Reverence Turns Wildlife Photography Into a Tribute to the Planet

Every image in Reverence is a love letter to what remains. Paul Nicklen spent three decades photographing polar bears, whales, and fragile ecosystems now disappearing faster than ever. Photography Book Spotlight

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‘Roadside Lights’ in the Blizzard: Eiji Ohashi’s Journey Through Japan’s Frozen Nights
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/11/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/11/25

‘Roadside Lights’ in the Blizzard: Eiji Ohashi’s Journey Through Japan’s Frozen Nights

One winter night, a vending machine guided Eiji Ohashi to safety from a blizzard. What was once just a bright object on the roadside became a symbol of warmth, survival, and human emotion. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Ian Howorth Photographs a Feeling
YouTube Video Martin Kaninsky 11/10/25 YouTube Video Martin Kaninsky 11/10/25

How Ian Howorth Photographs a Feeling

A photo can show what’s there. Ian Howorth’s work shows what can’t be seen, what can only be felt. Through quiet streets, fading light, and ordinary scenes, he turns the visible world into emotion. YouTube Video

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Smoking Chefs by Jan Enkelmann
Photo Essay, newsletter1 Martin Kaninsky 11/10/25 Photo Essay, newsletter1 Martin Kaninsky 11/10/25

Smoking Chefs by Jan Enkelmann

Jan Enkelmann's "Smoking Chefs" provides a glimpse into the lives of Chinatown's kitchen staff in London. Shot mostly at night, the photo essay captures moments of quiet reflection during cigarette breaks, highlighting the chefs' hard work and resilience amidst the area's chaos​

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How a Hollywood Location Scout Turned Real Places into Scenes from Movies That Don’t Exist
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/9/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/9/25

How a Hollywood Location Scout Turned Real Places into Scenes from Movies That Don’t Exist

What makes a photo feel like a film you’ve already seen? Maybe it’s the light that looks borrowed from a dream or a person who seems to be acting without knowing it. Photography Book Spotlight

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The Storm, the Hill, and the Silence: How Olga Karlovac Captured Silence in Motion
Photography Stories Martin Kaninsky 11/7/25 Photography Stories Martin Kaninsky 11/7/25

The Storm, the Hill, and the Silence: How Olga Karlovac Captured Silence in Motion

One snowy night, Olga Karlovac turned silence into a photograph. She walked alone on a small hill above Požega, the snow falling fast and the wind cutting through the dark. Story Behind The Photograph

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How Marshall To Turned Taoist Ghost Stories Into a Haunting Debut Photobook
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/5/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 11/5/25

How Marshall To Turned Taoist Ghost Stories Into a Haunting Debut Photobook

What happens when a childhood of Taoist ghost stories becomes the foundation of a photobook? For photographer Marshall To, it meant turning memories of rituals, talismans, and frightening tales into something real on the page. Photography Book Spotlight

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Why “Good Photos” Don’t Matter – Alec Soth Explains
YouTube Video Martin Kaninsky 11/4/25 YouTube Video Martin Kaninsky 11/4/25

Why “Good Photos” Don’t Matter – Alec Soth Explains

What makes a photo truly meaningful? In this video, Alec Soth shares why chasing style can be dangerous and why finding your voice matters so much more. YouTube Video

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How Claire Rosen Turned a Simple Visual Experiment Into a Call to Rethink How We Treat Animals
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How Eight Years in the Arctic Shaped Marta Bevacqua’s Most Personal Project
How Eight Years in the Arctic Shaped Marta Bevacqua’s Most Personal Project
How Hanno Ketterer Turned 1,000 War Letters Into a Powerful New Photographic Story About Love and Survival
How Hanno Ketterer Turned 1,000 War Letters Into a Powerful New Photographic Story About Love and Survival
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