Stories
Essays, conversations, and reflective texts examining photography as a medium of perception, interpretation, and cultural expression.
Articles consider how images operate as both document and inquiry, exploring relationships between visual structure, meaning, and lived experience. Topics include conceptual photographic practice, observational portraiture, visual context, and the evolving role of artist-run publishing platforms within the digital environment.
Stories form an evolving record of ideas, processes, and perspectives connected to contemporary photographic practice and visual culture.
Further reading
After the “Three Clicks and You’re in Business” Myth
What No One Tells You About Maintaining a Creative System
Art Prizes, Competitions and Their Role Within Creative Practice
One thread within a much larger creative ecosystem.
Contemporary Photographic Practice
The role of perception in contemporary photographic practice
Contemporary Portrait Practices
Observational portraiture and authentic representation
Context Informs Perception
How visual context influences meaning in photographic images
Digital, AI, and the Evolution of Authentic Photographic Practice
Why the distinction between digital photography and generative AI matters
Publishing Platforms
Artist run publishing platforms in the digital environment
The Challenge of Representing a Unified Artistic Presence Across a Multi-Disciplinary Experiential Life
In the contemporary digital landscape, authentic creative identity is increasingly shaped by systems that prefer categorisation.
The Dual Role of Photography
Photography as both document and interpretation
Who Supports the Solo Artist?
There is a strange contradiction at the centre of contemporary creative culture.
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