The Birthday Present
When I was about thirteen years old my cousin invited me to her 12th birthday party. I fell in love, no, not with her but with the present her parents had given her. It was a Kodak Brownie 127. The...
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Chemin des Dames
This was first posted on Flickr in 2004. It is a subject of great interest. I have not changed the text as it is as relevant today as it was nine years ago - and will remain so! This 11th November 2004...
View ArticleRomagne sous Montfaucon
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial close to the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in northern France is a site I have visited on a number of occasions. It seems somewhat of a paradox to...
View ArticleTime Travel Photography
The Museum of London has released a series of intriguing images that has made Time Travel Photography possible, or could it be that some amazing image manipulation has been at work, probably the...
View ArticleThe Leica Before the First Leica
Leitz are celebrating 100 years of the Leica because Oscar Barnack first starting using his Ur-Leica from 1914 there is a missing link and here it is. The post The Leica Before the First Leica appeared...
View ArticleIn conversation with Malcolm Taylor
When I decided to have my ageing IIIc and 50mm Summitar restored my first thought was a trip to see MalcolmTaylor. I had read about his work and his world-wide reputation, but I didn’t realise what a...
View ArticleColin O’Brien
In Conversation with Colin O’Brien By Philip Gray Colin O’Brien took his first photographs of daily life in post-war London in 1948: he hasn’t stopped since. Still an enthusiastic and very active...
View ArticlePeter Crockett
Of course Pinhole cameras are not new, but to come across a young man who has the ability and patience to build one with such precision and test, test and test again, it does take dedication and Peter...
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