November 10, 2026
"Photography survives because at its core there is something essentially simple, endlessly adaptable and, yes, a little magical. Glance at your smartphone. Sure, it’s a marvel of globally networked, algorithmically driven technology, but in its corner is a lens. Tap your screen and the world as light floods in. Photography’s earliest pioneers would recognise it instantly. For all the changes and new potentials, what remains compelling are the ways a camera can bring image-making so close to eyesight.
It’s the stillness and the silence that matters, at least to photographers. From the noise and flow of life, a choice can be made. This moment. This rectangle of space. But stillness and silence also make photography endlessly useful and applicable. You can add writing or speech to make the image do things it cannot do on its own. Tell stories. Sell ideas and commodities. Aspire to the condition of art, or evidence. Celebrate, or denounce. Affirm what passes for normal, or challenge it. Prompt memory, or even replace it." --full article here
