Ethics, Critiques & History
The intellectual frontier of the lens. Deep dives into visual ethics, the history of the image, and critical analysis of truth in an evolving digital world.
Contax cameras
Contax is a brand of cameras and camera accessories that was originally developed by the German company Zeiss Ikon in the early 20th century....
Nikonos III 35mm underwater film camera
The Nikonos III is a 35mm underwater film camera that was manufactured by Nikon. It is part of the Nikonos series of cameras, which...
Olympus OM-2n film camera
The Olympus OM-2n is a 35mm film SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera that was manufactured by Olympus Corporation, a Japanese camera and optics company....
Police forensic artists explain Missing Persons age progressed images
If you have a minute, please look at these images of missing persons that have been 'age progressed' to show how the person might...
Fake Photo: Manipulated photography before Photoshop
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop was a photographic exhibition held between 2012 and 2013 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Washington's National Gallery of...
Man Ray’s love-hate relationship with Hollywood
The Surrealist artist Man Ray struggled to balance the competing demands of his passion and his wallet Man Ray was by no means the first...
Can a documentary photograph change the world?
“Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.” (W. Eugene Smith,...
John Berger on August Sander, Henri Cartier-Bresson & Paul Strand
During the first semester of the Magnum Photos-Speos Photo School's "Creative Documentary & Photojournalism Course" we were asked to briefly analyse John Berger's essay...
ANZACs evacuate from Suvla Bay at Gallipoli, Turkey
20th December. On this day in 1915, the ANZACs and allied troops were all evacuated off the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, marking the end of...
Photo scoop during the 1987 Fiji Coup
How we got a photo scoop during the 1987 Fiji Coup Blog update: General elections were held in Fiji on 14 December 2022 to elect...