Writing
The crude mechanics of the camera, born in an age of scientific positivism, were very soon being used as a vehicle for mystery. The camera still has the power to afford insights into the world around us, and to transform our sense of seeing with its own.
Please browse the links to access brief introductory statements about my practice, and more extended essays about photography.
All the writing on this site dates from 2000-2002, and should be read with that in mind. The world of photography has moved on since then…
Coloniality and South African Photography
The Aura of the Book: Larry Towell’s The Mennonites
Photographic Publising: The Photographer, The Writer, and the Photographer’s Book