Top Photographer – Dina Belenko
Do you remember the first time you picked up a camera? Still life photographer Dina Belenko remembers it clearly and how she was mesmerised by the sound of the shutter as it vibrated through the camera body to her fingers. It’s a feeling many photographers will remember. And perhaps, it’s a feeling that may get lost as the advent of mirrorless cameras means less noisy cameras and, in some cases, electronic shutter noises…*shudders*. It’s particular satisfying on old analogue cameras as mechanical parts whir around to produce your image. After experiencing the noise thousands of times shooting everything from trees to cats, Dina’s workflow started… Read more
Do you remember the first time you picked up a camera? Still life photographer Dina Belenko remembers it clearly and how she was mesmerised by the sound of the shutter as it vibrated through the camera body to her fingers. It’s a feeling many photographers will remember. And perhaps, it’s a feeling that may get lost as the advent of mirrorless cameras means less noisy cameras and, in some cases, electronic shutter noises…*shudders*. It’s particular… Read more
 issued their most alarming warning yet on the dramatic effects of rising global temperatures. They warned that we’re currently veering off track from the target of minimising temperature rises to under 1.5° C and that we’re already seeing the impact this – that summer you just enjoyed was a direct result of global warming. But in a world with so much scaremongering, we’re becoming desensitised to reports like this. Have we really got to a point in society where even experts have lost their authority? Perhaps then, we should be giving time to someone who’s been documenting the dramatic transformations our planet undergoes at the hands of human consumption. But let’s pause for a moment and think about everything we consume. Now let’s wonder where all those resources have come from. It’s a difficult concept to comprehend. Or maybe, we tend not to because we don’t want to know. But if you need a helping hand, Edward Burtynsky has been depicting how industry often ravages natural landscapes. This is one of the […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/B84J72.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Preview: Edward Burtynsky in conversation with Gaia Vince & Manufactured Landscapes&utm_medium=facebook)
 with his camera. He said: “In those days, stock libraries dealt in medium format trannies [transparent film], which occupied a lot of space so they could only afford to accept the big […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Top-Contributor-Header-Image-Rolf-Richardson.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Top Photographer – Rolf Richardson&utm_medium=facebook)