Reciprocated Gaze: Belfast Exposed

I found myself with spare time before the bus commute home, so I popped over to Belfast Exposed, where I knew there was a exhibition of participants in its Stage 3 training photography courses. Coincidentally, I discovered as I walked in that there was a session of portfolio reviews. About half a dozen tables on... Continue Reading →

Book review — Failed It!

Failed It! by Erik Kessels is an easy read of his encouragement of embracing failure as a means of revealing a better discovery. He intersperses his quips with visual inspirations, from both the intentional (by seasoned artists) and the unintentional (by reconsidering the work of some amateurs). The strength of this short book is demonstrating... Continue Reading →

The photographers reclaiming Cairo’s rooftops

On the rooftops of Egypt’s capital, photographers reclaim the urban landscape. By Ismail Fayed Cairo Bats, Act 1: The Roof (Downtown), 2015 © Cairo Bats Setting: A rooftop that looks like a spacecraft. A glowing staircase with orange light. A repository of clutter. A jungle of satellite dishes. Figures appear. Women dressed in black pose within scenes of their own creation.... Continue Reading →

On the rooftops of Egypt’s capital, photographers reclaim the urban landscape. By Ismail Fayed Cairo Bats, Act 1: The Roof (Downtown), 2015 © Cairo Bats Setting: A rooftop that looks like a spacecraft. A glowing staircase with orange light. A repository of clutter. A jungle of satellite dishes. Figures appear. Women dressed in black pose within scenes of their own creation.... Continue Reading →

On the rooftops of Egypt’s capital, photographers reclaim the urban landscape. By Ismail Fayed Cairo Bats, Act 1: The Roof (Downtown), 2015 © Cairo Bats Setting: A rooftop that looks like a spacecraft. A glowing staircase with orange light. A repository of clutter. A jungle of satellite dishes. Figures appear. Women dressed in black pose within scenes of their own creation.... Continue Reading →

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