"I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do."

Saul Leiter

Never one to look for fame or fortune from his photography, Saul Leiter took photographs for the love of taking photographs. His love shines through in his images.

Saul has a treasure trove of images that were never seen by the public. Recent curation and publication of some of his unseen work has shed even more light upon his fantastic body of work.

"You don't take a photograph, you make it"

Ansel Adams

Ansel was a very technical photographer and argued that you should meticulously plan your image prior to taking the shot. He was an advocate of understanding the mechanics of the camera as well as the technicalities of capturing an image.

Regardless, the results of his images are fantastic, he manages to capture the majesty of nature in a way that is also quite intimate.

His images of Yosemite Park are nothing short of phenomenal, and capture it in a way that few have managed to equal. His philosophy of one of structure and planning is the juxtaposition to Fan Ho's emotion and feeling. Nonetheless, his images are equally stunning.

“A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.”

Bill Brandt

A German-born British photographer who used light and shadow in a unique way. His range was broad, but it is his images of northern towns and moorlands which really struck a chord with me.

Dark brooding shadows complimented by busy atmospheric grain result in a rollercoaster ride for me.

"I need to be touched emotionally to come up with meaningful works. When the work resonates with the audience, it's a satisfaction that money can't buy"

Fan Ho

Fan is currently my favourite photographer. His images, in my opinion, are awesome. They capture light and dark in such a manner that makes them surreal yet real. He used the same camera throughout his photography journey and wasn't appreciated fully until later in his career, and more so after his death.

Fan epitomises what it is to feel, to be moved enough to capture and produce images and to simply be an artist. His work is filled with emotion, brilliantly capturing the mundane, making it extraordinary.

“The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Coined the idea of 'The decisive moment'. Often misinterpreted as just capturing a moment as it happens, without reference to the work that goes into ensuring you give the moment the best opportunity to occur.

The photographer may not plan every aspect of the image, but they must give the opportunity for the elements to come together to allow the decisive moment to develop in an organic, unstated manner.

Often regarded as the greatest street photographer ever, his influence and work stretch far and wide and are examples how to document the many mundane wonders of life.

Coming soon

“Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever. We have to make room for other people. It’s a wheel. You get on, you have to go to the end. And then somebody has the same opportunity to go to the end and so on.”

Vivian Maier