The tragic artist
125 years ago today, in the rented room in the Auberge Ravoux, Vincent van Gogh died of an infection caused by a …
Worshipping at the Altar
Earlier this month I was in Poland to attend the annual Cepic conference which this year was held in Warsaw. My first …
All the world’s a stage: George Mann
Back in 2009 through a mutual friend I got to know Dianne Woods. As well as being a successful commercial photographer and …
The colour of Paris: Peter Cornelius
In 1956, the photo industry introduced a brand new 35 mm colour film flexible enough to allow for colour manipulation in the …
A vintage take on “Better Call Saul”
“Better Call Saul” was always going to be somewhat of a risk: taking a relatively minor character from one of America’s most-loved …
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
“Gypsy” is one of the great Broadway musicals and has at its centre one of the most horrifying and heartbreaking characters in …
All those moments will be lost in time
“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.” In December 2014, Ridley Scott’s “final cut” version of …
“If the eye sees it, take it.”
In a photograph, a young man stands on the beach at Termoli. It’s not long after the end of the Second World …
150 Jahre Straßenbahn in Berlin
Der erste Berliner Pferde-Omnibus fuhr 1825, betrieben durch den Fuhrunternehmer Simon Kremser. Damit begann in Berlin der öffentliche Nahverkehr. Der Begriff Kremser …
2015: Old images to brighten up a new year
In 2014 I experienced the deaths of more friends, colleagues and family members than I had ever had to deal with so …