Repetition. Our life is plagued with repetition. From the moment we wake up to the moment we return to bed, we spend our days repeating most of the tasks that we had done the day before. We talk to the same people, see the same place, think the same thoughts and return, somewhat exhaus...

14.01.2013[ read full story ]

It seems this year we've woken up on the wrong side of the bed. Like the same time last year, it feels as though the newsrooms are still nursing a hangover. Except for this astonishing image from Tasmania, there's nothing much to write home about. It's sad, but this week I ha...

14.01.2013[ read full story ]

The 77-year old British photojournalist Don McCullin recently announced his plan to travel to Syria on assignment. Why did he get involved in this mess? If I have to be Scrooge, then I’ll be Scrooge. I have nothing but respect and admiration for Don McCullin. It’s rare to be ...

07.01.2013[ read full story ]

This is the final review of the year. It’s time to take stock—but don’t count on me to do it. You won’t find any judgment here, qualitative or quantitative. Newspapers, the ones that still exist, continue publishing photos—less than before, certainly, but they’re still going,...

14.12.2012[ read full story ]

Photography is like a mirror. It compels us to define who we are as a person and as an individual. 
When we look at pictures taken in a faraway land, we only really look at ourselves.The picture you like , the ones that appeal to you reflect your personality, your tastes. They also rev...

14.12.2012[ read full story ]

The winter holidays are just around the corner, and before we know it, we’ll be clinking champagne glasses and ringing in 2013 (oh yes, already). So that’s why in this month’s round up of fluffy fashion images, some might feel a sense of overall calm, telling us it’s time to refl...

14.12.2012[ read full story ]

"Life is but an empty stage..." Shakespeare once famously wrote, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". Does that give the right to the photographer to photograph everything that happens , while remaining passively indifferent ?A recent photograph published on the cover of the...

07.12.2012[ read full story ]

This week is dedicated to one of my friends who, after happily spending “a little bit” of time with photography, discovered in Burgundy a new joie de vivre. She loves animals and cares about environmental issues. We find all these things in today’s delivery. All eyes are on E...

07.12.2012[ read full story ]

This was a pretty calm week, even if there’s no shortage of misery in this world. Kind of like in the newspapers. A considerable time difference is making me miss hours of press time. It’s raining in England—what a surprise!—but a little more than usual, and that’s an event o...

30.11.2012[ read full story ]

Photography is a capitalist tool. With a camera you can transform time into money. The creation of wealth by trading labor against capital is, after all, at the root of any capitalist society. And that is what every photographer does. But unlike most professions, the time spent on crea...

30.11.2012[ read full story ]