What Price, What Art
What price makes art? A few days ago, I read in The Guardian that the landscape photographer Peter Lik sold one of his …
Photographs and articles by A. Cemal Ekin
Articles on photographic thought, genres, satire
What price makes art? A few days ago, I read in The Guardian that the landscape photographer Peter Lik sold one of his …
I picked up one of my oldest photography books, Camera And Lens by Ansel Adams, to go through it with a new perspective. …
I had a roundtable discussion for the Film Photographers Association in November. The topic was “Street …
Looking is easy, but … A while back, in mid-September, I posted a collection of 14 photographs from the old …
Photography has a rich, and due to its nature, well-documented history. I would like to make this post an inverted …
I open with the partial cover of Michael Freeman’s book The Photographer’s Eye because its dissection of …
Look at 1000s of photographs and store them in memory. Later when you see in the viewfinder something reminding you of a …
Since William Talbot and Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre almost simultaneously announced their discovery around 1839, …
I am puzzled by the use of the word “artistic,” specifically in photography. Many people seem to make a …
Painterly is not a Compliment for Photography Many viewers say, “Oh, such a painterly photograph” when they …
Photo and camera clubs run competitions, it’s a good incentive to make their members learn the basics of …
What is the difference between going up or coming down? I would like to talk about a photograph I saw and commented on …