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Two Bodies, One Home: How Pixy Liao Reinvented Domestic Space Through Living Furniture
Project Interviews Martin Kaninsky 12/16/25 Project Interviews Martin Kaninsky 12/16/25

Two Bodies, One Home: How Pixy Liao Reinvented Domestic Space Through Living Furniture

What happens when a couple becomes the furniture?This project starts with a simple idea: two people using their own bodies to form chairs, tables, and othe familiar objects. Interviews

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How Complexity Theory Shaped the Visual Language of David Ricci’s Photographs
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/14/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/14/25

How Complexity Theory Shaped the Visual Language of David Ricci’s Photographs

Most photographers underestimate how complexity really works. Many believe a busy frame is enough, but true complexity needs structure. Photography Book Spotlight

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What Photographers Miss About Ordinary Life, and How Judith Black Built a Masterpiece by Staying in One Room
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/12/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/12/25

What Photographers Miss About Ordinary Life, and How Judith Black Built a Masterpiece by Staying in One Room

You already have more to photograph than you think. Many photographers search for special places, but strong images often come from the rooms we already live in. Photography Book Spotlight

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Why Martin Parr Photographs Cliches on Purpose
YouTube Video Martin Kaninsky 12/11/25 YouTube Video Martin Kaninsky 12/11/25

Why Martin Parr Photographs Cliches on Purpose

Nothing seems more ordinary than a tourist photo. Crowds posing at monuments, people copying the same gestures, the same angles, the same idea of a perfect memory. YouTube Video

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How a Family Secret Shaped Jillian Guyette’s Vision and Led to a Book About Home
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/10/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/10/25

How a Family Secret Shaped Jillian Guyette’s Vision and Led to a Book About Home

A hidden family story changed the way she photographed. It helped her understand why she was drawn to family and memory in the first place. Photography Book Spotlight

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Martin Parr Has Died at the Age of 73
Martin Kaninsky 12/7/25 Martin Kaninsky 12/7/25

Martin Parr Has Died at the Age of 73

Martin Parr, a Photographer Who Changed How We See the Everyday, Has Died

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Inside the Shankill Through Julie McCarthy’s Camera
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/7/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/7/25

Inside the Shankill Through Julie McCarthy’s Camera

Understanding the Shankill starts with hearing its people. This is why Julie McCarthy spent five years returning to the same street, listening before photographing. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Stefan Draschan Turns Ordinary Museum Moments Into Photographs You Have To Look At Twice
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/5/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 12/5/25

How Stefan Draschan Turns Ordinary Museum Moments Into Photographs You Have To Look At Twice

The most interesting photos hide in plain sight.
Stefan Draschan has spent years proving this with his patient museum work, waiting for tiny coincidences that suddenly line up. Photography Book Spotlight

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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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Inside the Shankill Through Julie McCarthy’s Camera
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How Stefan Draschan Turns Ordinary Museum Moments Into Photographs You Have To Look At Twice
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Louis Stettner

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Louis Faurer

“I have an intense desire to record life as I see it, as I feel it.”

Jan Groover
Jan Groover

“Formalism is everything.”

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Sam Haskins

“All too frequently the amateur will purchase a fine modern camera and proceed to use it for making the most elementary simple snapshots. This surely is like playing ‘Chopsticks’ on a concert grand piano.”

Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander

"Photography is like fishing. You go out, and sometimes you catch something."


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