The picture not made. The words spoken..

"Perhaps it is that that I could not photograph, my own guilt that I could not look at and record, reflected back at me in his tear-flooded face. It is the photograph of that,......

Seeing the wood and the trees.

A few days before Christmas, an email pinged into my inbox: "Not sure if you'll manage this John, REALLY last minute stuff with a tight deadline, 26th January in fact, but could you photograph a......

Highland Road Trip.

Took a few days off last week and drove my son William (7) and nephew Adam (23, who is hitch-hiking around from his home in Norway) on a short trip around the west coast......

Portfolio Reviews Review: A Review.

Grant Scott at The United Nations of Photography has just published a review of the process of providing Portfolio Reviews, so Duckrabbit has decided to review it. In the spirit of the piece......

Double Take.

I'm intrigued by double exposures. I've written about Daniella Zalcman's very moving work with indigenous Canadians here. I really like her fascinating double-exposure approach to this project, and there's a reason......

The Sheltering Space.

An ongoing series about Inverness Masjid, the northernmost mosque in the UK. Part one  is here. ---------------------------------------------------------   "You'll need to blank out my face in that picture please..." said the......

Tales from the Mosque.

"No we don't need you making pictures of us." said the vexed-looking Asian man, "We need to keep a low profile….the way things are just now…all this trouble...we need….we just need to......

The Refugees and the Turtle.

There's  a lesson for all of us in this easily overlooked incident.   ...

The Birds and the B’s.

Image © John MacPherson   The 'B's' are Blowhard Blokey Birding Bumwhuffles. (I made that last word up but......

Making, Taking, Sharing, Pictures..

Interested in documentary photography? Want to find compelling stories but not sure where to look? Curious about the ethics of representation? Watch this; an insightful film by Neale James about photographer Jim Mortram and his ongoing documentary......

Triumph of British Engineering.

Do you like motorbikes? Appreciate Britain's prowess in the field of engineering? Love science of the nerdy variety? Got a sense of humour too? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, this is for......

Y’allQaeda.

And in other news, a valiant attempt to uphold traditional American values by the use of 'the long gun' continues. This is what results when a compelling narrative meets the eye of the accomplished......

The Treacherous Orchestra.

Something musical for a cold snowy Friday anyone? The Treacherous Orchestra, and the legacy of the sadly missed Martyn Bennett. Read this to......

Working in the free world.

The desire for 'free' is pretty widespread in the photo business these days, right across the creative sector in fact, with writers, illustrators and indeed anyone else with a viable skill expected to provide......

Bear 71.

This has been around for a while, but I revisited it this week as I'd been involved in a discussion about the ways that technology 'distances' viewers from nature. I was arguing to the......

In the free world.

Interesting pair of articles I encountered recently. On working for free. First up young Jack Alexander - lifestyle and fashion photographer, who wrote a strong piece for fstoppers entitled 'Why I Think All......

At the heart of concussion is….

Cuss So I"m going to: Fu<k    Fu<k     Fu<k    Fu<k   And bugger too. Yes I have concussion. It's really not much fun. That's why I'm cussing.   ...

Pretend I’m not here..

Above Loch Loyne © John MacPherson Last Saturday above Loch Loyne I sat in my van in the......

Well, into the night.

I have a few 'clootie' (cloth) wells near me. These are 'healing wells' and the tradition is to dip a piece of rag in the water and wipe the afflicted part of your body......

Paid what you’re worth.

Type. Writer. © John MacPherson Interesting post on Salon that caught my attention 'Will Wheaton is right:......