8 More Photography Quotes That Inspire Me
Photography has nothing to do with cameras. Lucas Gentry Love this one from Gentry. Yes, just forget about your cameras and bits of equipment. Just
So this was for Statagies Magazine which was a magazine for the advertising world in France. Simple portrait in an office, as boring as it gets! Before a shoot I’d find myself leafing through catalogues I’d bought at the Musee Dapper. It was a marvellous little place and they had these amazing African arts exhibitions.
I remember seeing Kota and Dogoon masks and thinking maybe I could do something like that in my photography. So for this shoot with Pascal Calzada I wanted his face surrounded by feathers. I was using a Pentax 6×7 and only had about 10 shots on a roll. I think I slowed down the shutter speed to about ¼ sec and when I saw the flash fire I pulled the camera away from him. The good old days of film!
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Photography has nothing to do with cameras. Lucas Gentry Love this one from Gentry. Yes, just forget about your cameras and bits of equipment. Just
Dublin, Ireland | 1990
Before the crowds and cafés, it was a quiet place of old streets and older faces. I spent a day walking with my camera—workers laying cobblestones, old buildings leaning into the past, locals going about their lives. A day in the life, just before everything changed.
Ninh Binh, Vietnam | 2024-2025
Nestled between towering limestone karsts and winding rivers, Ninh Binh is a place where history and daily life intertwine. Farmers wade through flooded rice paddies, their hands swift and practiced, planting the next harvest. Fishermen cast their nets in quiet waters, carrying on traditions that have shaped this land for generations.
Sheriff Street, Dublin | 1988-1989
I think the hardest job about this project was the printing. I wasn’t very good at the time so I’d spend ages just trying to get something decent. Nowadays, I don’t think people understand how hard it used to be to print your own work. You really had to want to do it.
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