Writing about fine art photography — the work, the craft, the ideas behind the prints, and the case for wildness.
Essays on collecting, field stories from Africa and beyond, and what it means to make photographs that last.
Starting a photography collection is easier than most people think and more rewarding than most people expect. A working fine art photographer shares what new collectors need to know — no gallery experience required.
Everyone on the safari vehicle takes a photograph. One person makes one. The difference between a snapshot and a work of art is not the camera or the animal — it is everything the photographer brings to the moment that has nothing to do with either.
There is a line between photography that belongs in a gallery and photography that fills a wall above a sofa. It is not about technique. It is about intention, vision, and what the photograph demands from the person standing in front of it.
