Poverty Safari
A review of Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari — a sharp, uncomfortable look at class, deprivation, and the gap between policy-makers and the communities they serve.
Failures with the Fuji X-E5
Field notes from an evening shoot with the Fuji X-E5 — on stolen practice, failure as a teacher, and what 23 frames taught me about photography.
Recording Britain
A review of Recording Britain — a 1939 wartime project capturing overlooked corners of the British landscape through watercolour, photography and quiet documentary honesty.
Magnum Contact Sheets
Reflections on Magnum Contact Sheets — a window into the minds of photojournalism's greats, from Koudelka's colour codes to Gilles Peress on Bloody Sunday.
Good Economics
A review of Good Economics for Hard Times by Banerjee and Duflo — observational economics at its best, covering migration, inequality, clustering, and regional decline.
Idle Hands
A review of Idle Hands by John Burnett — 200 years of unemployment in Britain, exploring the social cost of joblessness, community loss and the meaning of work.
Creativities costs and benefits
On the tension between creating and consuming — a personal reflection on starting, sharing work and why the audience doesn't need to exist to make it worthwhile.