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    Ormond Gigli. Girls in the Windows, New York, 1960
    Photo Credit: Holden Luntz Gallery

    Ormond Gigli is famous for “Girls in the Windows,” shot in New York City in 1960. This iconic photo shows elegantly dressed women in the windows of a brownstone building slated for demolition. Gigli, whose studio was opposite the site, viewed the demolition…Read More

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    • I love this picture. It’s not nearly as risky as ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,’ but I wonder what health and safety experts would say today about 30 models posing on window frames and a photographer hanging from a fire escape. 😰

  • Hanging on for life – Kruger National Park

    Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL, 150.0-500.0 mm, ISO 400, 247 mm, f / 5.6, 1/200 sec
    #Rebirth2023

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  • New life born out of a burnt landscape in Cape Point
    IS0200, f/11, 1/50sec

    #Rebirth2023 #landscapephotography #JonKerrin #DPCTutor

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    Charles C. Ebbets. Lunch atop a Skyscraper, New York City, 1932
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    Lunch atop a Skyscraper is an iconic black-and-white photograph taken on September 20, 1932. It shows eleven ironworkers seated on a steel beam, 260 meters above ground level, during the construction of the RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza.…Read More

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    • In this photo, Charles C. Ebbets stands high above New York City with a bulky camera in hand. He looks cool and confident, even in a situation that would make most of us dizzy. He’s known for taking risks to get the perfect shot, and this picture shows that spirit perfectly.

      How far would you go to get the photo you want?

  • Featured Architect: Zaha Hadid
    1950-2016

    Photo: Heydar Aliyev Center by Helene Binet ©

    Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-British architect who made a lasting impact on modern architecture. She’s famous for her bold use of sweeping curves and complex shapes. Her designs often give the impression of movement and effortlessly blend indoor and outdoor…Read More

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  • Samyang MF 85mm 1.4 Lens – Canon RF Mount – It is literally brand new, I am selling as I struggle with the manual focus. R6 000

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    Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze. Vertical Horizon #99, Hong Kong, 2015
    Photo Credit: Artsy.net

    Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, a French photographer and visual artist, captured this striking image as part of his “Vertical Horizon” series, which focuses on Hong Kong’s architectural marvels. The photograph offers a captivating view of surrounding skyscrapers f…Read More

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  • Hal Morey. Sunbeams into Grand Central Station, 1929
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    “Sunbeams into Grand Central Station” is a famous 1929 photograph attributed to Hal Morey. New York City commissioned Hal to document the building. This photograph captured the beautiful, strong, dramatic shafts of sunlight streaming through the upper windows,…Read More

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    • Thanks for contributing to our Photo Digest, Jako. You’ve done a splendid job describing this iconic photograph, and we hope to see more contributions from you in the future.

      • One can easily get a free permit to shoot for non commercial use at Grand Central station by emailing them beforehand…Unfortunately the landscape has changed and surrounding skyscrapers have blocked the light streaming through the windows!

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About Me

Photography is an art medium that speaks to me the most as an outlet for my creativity. I especially love landscape and architectural photography. Landscape photography gives one time to think, discover and create. It gives me great pleasure to find silence, solitude, simplicity and sometimes coincidence and surprises in nature.

Over the years I have discovered I am naturally draw to black and white (B&W) images, especially in B&W architecture. The biggest reason, other than the timeless appeal of B&W, lies in the fact that B&W architectural photography, by its nature, gives me more freedom to depart from the visual reality. Therefore, for me, the joy of being creative comes from identifying the underlying beauty and potential from a more visible and obvious colour reality, then transforming it to a black and white vision. This holds true for landscape photography as well.

My use of natural light, tonal contrast, colour, texture, and movement are the qualities I look for when I am out there and what makes my images unique. Through my images, I want to offer the world my perspectives and express my connections with the subjects that I capture.

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