Raphael ShevelevTo See OurselvesHumanity’s major preoccupation is with humanity. We are, so to speak, of the genus homo narcissus, and that describes much of our concern.·7 min read·Jul 5, 2020----
Raphael ShevelevCome Let Us PlayCreating is difficult and demanding work — Ask any creator·5 min read·Jun 22, 2020----
Raphael ShevelevOriginalityI’m frequently asked “How did you do that?” I don’t mind telling, but with the following caveat: it’s the least important question that…·3 min read·May 24, 2020----
Raphael ShevelevStrawberry WealthOnce a week, I think on Saturday mornings, the fruit and veggie man would come calling in his old Dodge Brothers truck. He’d blow the horn…·3 min read·May 18, 2020----
Raphael ShevelevPREHISTORIC ART UNCOVEREDDays before a banana was taped to a wall and recently sold for a reputed $120,000 at Art Basel Miami, a prehistoric sculpture of a…·2 min read·Dec 8, 2019--1--1
Raphael ShevelevTo Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the ComfortableCamera Clubs, Photography and the Art World·8 min read·Dec 2, 2019--1--1
Raphael ShevelevRaphael’s Fable (The Camera Never Lies)The other day, I was talking with a colleague about photographing places that have been photographed many times before. He wondered out…·5 min read·Mar 27, 2019--1--1
Raphael ShevelevinPandemic DiariesStill DazzledMy European refugee parents had ambitions for their only child.3 min read·Dec 2, 2018--1--1
Raphael ShevelevHow I (Almost) Became A Royal PhotographerMy first experience with the British Royal Family came when I was a little boy in Cape Town, South Africa. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth…·5 min read·Nov 8, 2018----
Raphael ShevelevBotanicals Of The ImaginationLet me say it out loud. I love flowers, and dislike — actually detest — most flower photography.·4 min read·Sep 11, 2018--2--2