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First Photograph of a Human - Daguerre-1838

Foundations

Articles on photographic thought, genres, satire

Camera and Lens, Ansel Adams

Adams’ Foreword

December 5, 2014 by A. Cemal Ekin

I picked up one of my oldest photography books, Camera And Lens by Ansel Adams, to go through it with a new perspective. …

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Teahouse Players, Balat, Istanbul

Street Photography

December 1, 2014 by A. Cemal Ekin

I lead a roundtable discussion for the Film Photographers Association in November. The topic was “Street …

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Lee Friedlander

Looking Back – The Commentary

October 22, 2014 by A. Cemal Ekin

A while back, in mid-September, I posted a collection of 14 photographs from the old masters and asked anyone to offer …

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Ray Metzker - Frankfurt

Looking Back

September 12, 2014 by A. Cemal Ekin

Photography has a rich, and due to its nature, a well-documented history. I would like to make this post an inverted …

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Reading Photographs, Structure of Photographs

Reading Photographs

April 18, 2013 by A. Cemal Ekin

I open with the partial cover of Michael Freeman’s book The Photographer’s Eye because its dissection of …

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Memorize thousands of pictures, and

1000s of Photographs

November 15, 2011 by A. Cemal Ekin

Magazines like Life, Harper’s Bazaar, National Geographic played an important role in the development of …

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First Photograph of a Human - Daguerre-1838

On Photography

July 13, 2011 by A. Cemal Ekin

Photography has gone through various stages since William Talbot and Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre almost simultaneously …

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Conversations with a wall

Artistic Need Not Mean Smeared Colors Only

August 29, 2010 by A. Cemal Ekin

I am puzzled by the use of the word “artistic”, especially in photography. Many people seem to make a …

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Horses Before Stand - Degas

Painterly? No, thanks!

February 26, 2010 by A. Cemal Ekin

Many viewers say “oh, such a painterly photograph” when they like a photo you show to them. They mean that …

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If National Geographic photos were judged …

February 12, 2009 by A. Cemal Ekin

Photo and camera clubs run competitions, it’s a good incentive to make their members to learn the basics of …

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Going Up or Coming Down

February 26, 2008 by A. Cemal Ekin

I would like to talk about a photograph I saw and commented on at a photography site I visit when I have time. I found …

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A Short Vent

February 6, 2008 by A. Cemal Ekin

Photography is a process of selection and abstraction, a series of them at that. First, we put frames around a frameless …

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