sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeThe photography of James RaviliousIn an era of self-referentiality a ‘quiet photograph’ (1) can have much to commend it. There is a simple and rare pleasure in looking at…7 min read·Jun 28, 2018----
sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeChoosing books wisely — fly-fishing booksThe book that combines insights into the art of angling with general reflections about life is a book to savour. The book that accomplishes…5 min read·Mar 27, 2018----
sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeAre there different types of seeing?There is more to seeing than meets the eye: rejecting Scruton’s conception of photography.5 min read·Jan 28, 2018----
sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeDon’t just see Cartier-Bresson in terms of ‘decisive moments’.Is there anything left to say about Henri Cartier-Bresson (“HCB”) that has not already been said? Perhaps not. A Google search of his name…5 min read·Jan 27, 2018----
sidewaysEyeBe careful how you ‘socialise’ your dog.It has been 3 years since I gave up on my dog. Feelings of sadness, failure and guilt persist. I am still haunted by my last moments with…3 min read·Jan 26, 2018----
sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeWhy are we so drawn to photographs of dogs?“The history of the dog in art is inextricably bound to the history of the dog itself” [The Dog — 5000 years of the Dog in Art by Tamsin…3 min read·Jan 26, 2018----
sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeSeeing in photographs something that thought itself cannot think.The relevance of Heidegger to how we experience photographs5 min read·Jan 23, 2018--1--1
sidewaysEyeinsidewaysEyeAppreciating Karl BlossfeldtToday, it is difficult to catch the sense of pioneering playfulness that existed at the dawn of Modernism. On visiting the Bauhaus in…2 min read·Aug 6, 2015----