Global Influences
21 March 2025
Who shapes the way we see? Notes on influence in photography and film-making, on the moment imitation stops being enough, and on turning what we admire into a voice of our own.
Notes on seeing, on light, and on the slow craft of making photographs.
Who shapes the way we see? Notes on influence in photography and film-making, on the moment imitation stops being enough, and on turning what we admire into a voice of our own.
Style is not a look you choose. It is what remains once you subtract everything you borrowed — and honest imitation is the fastest way to find out what refuses to leave.
Notes on what lifts a portrait beyond likeness: the photographer’s signature, the bond with the model, and the long line running from Julia Margaret Cameron to Annie Leibovitz.
From the daguerreotype to the 360-degree image: photography has always balanced record against illusion, and virtual reality, AI and extended reality are now shifting that balance again.