Why I keep shooting the same church
October 2026
There is a small stone church at the edge of a village I pass every autumn. I have photographed it eleven times now, and every visit gives a different building. In September the light comes in low and warm across the west wall; by late October it is grey and flat, and the texture of the stone becomes the whole picture.
Returning to one subject is the best exercise I know. It removes the excitement of novelty and leaves only the question of seeing.
A short note on early mornings
July 2026
Most of the frames on this page were made between five and seven in the morning. Streets are empty, shop shutters are still down and the colour of the sky changes every few minutes. I carry one body and one 35 mm lens, a thermos and very little else.
Printing at home
March 2026
After years of only looking at photographs on a screen I started printing them again on matte cotton paper. Prints are slower and less forgiving, and that is exactly why they are worth it: a weak frame is obvious on the wall within a day.