Showcasing my 2015 B&W favourite images

Here you go. Another year went by, and many more photos taken despite the demand of life and work :) My work this year has mostly focused on London of course, with intermittent trips to New York and Chicago. I have learned to embrace London's massive crowds, to catch the nearly horizontal light of Europe's winters, and to slowly, but surely get to learn my city inside and out. I have also come back with a few images from my US trips - bittersweet memories of those fantastic American cities that I have learned to love over time. As a sum up, these are my favourite photos of the year.

Enjoy the slideshow if you will :)

London workshop: Feedback, images and wrap-up

It’s high time to provide a little wrap-up on this first London workshop. First of all, I am so grateful to my students for being there, listening, learning, exploring and taking risks throughout the day. For me, this was a terrific experience, and perhaps a decisive moment in itself. I really loved planning and conducting this one day workshop followed by feedback and review sessions. It made me learn a lot about myself, first of all, but also gave an entirely new meaning to my work: if I am capable of sharing what I have learned to help others, then it is a great achievement for me, and something that I’d be happy to do again in the future. In 2016, I am planning a series of workshops in Chicago, NYC and London, so stay tuned :)

Here are some feedback from my students, alongside some of the shots they’ve taken that day. Thank you so much for learning along with me!

“This was an excellent workshop and well worth the trip to London.  It was helpful to have an opening presentation and then hit the streets.  I appreciated the chance to see your style - shoot close and move on to the next image.  You are an amazing resource and spending time with you was the highlight of the workshop.  Brilliant to give us a chance to post our images on Google Plus and get feedback from the other participants and critical was the Skype session the following Sunday. I would take another workshop with you in a minute.” Denise P.

Image by Denise Pensky

“Viewing the Leica as an instrument, I realized I should be able to focus by feel. Your workshop was a real kick in the butt for me.  Focus should be in motor-memory just like the feel of the strings and the neck on a guitar.  So, that’s what I’ll be practicing… focus by eye & feel to free up time to frame the shot.  Then the whole process won’t be an exercise in volume-production and selection. Another side-effect: since the workshop, shooting abstract geometries had become even more boring.” Ian B.

Image by Ian Bland

“I thought the workshop was really good. I think the format was really good, leading from an overview of principles through to busy streets and then getting to quieter streets which were more difficult/intimidating to get closer to people. The individual time, the follow-up workshop photo review – both on google+ group and on Skype, all of this really worked for me. A lot of what was most useful was simple comments or directions that helped me perhaps look at things differently. For example, looking for the complexity of light or the layers of light caused by reflections which led me to see pictures which I hadn’t seen before!” Brian B.

Image by Brian Boyce

WeStreet 2015, our collective book, is now out

A collective book on street photography, WeStreet is an amazing project. To discover more about the book, photographs and editors, go visit: http://www.westreet.org/

You can also order a print version of the book in different formats on Blurb, so don't hesitate to take a look. I am hugely grateful for this initiative, and the opportunity to be featured among so many great street photographers and friends.

Have a lovely day,

Publication in Corridor Elephant Photography magazine

A few months ago, Corridor Elephant released their free photography magazine Volume 14, featuring a series of my photographs alongside other very talented photographers. The magazine is free, but can only be accessed in .pub format unfortunately. You can find it here, on the site of the FNAC for free download.

Enjoy! 

We Street 2015: Upcoming street photography book

Hi all! It is with an immense pleasure that I can announce that 3 of my images will be published in our upcoming collective street photography book, We Street 2015. This project was initiated by Arek Rataj, Sandra and Willem Wonkers, Steven Gonzales, and Marius Vieth with the objective to promote and bring to light a series of street photographs from around the world. The book will be available by end of year, so stay tuned!

The three photographs below will be published as part of this project, alongside 150 other photographers.

UPDATE: You can now see all images and purchase the book here: http://www.westreet.org/

Have a great day,

The old man, London, 2015

A story of women, Tokyo, 2014

The secret, Chicago, 2013