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The latest photography guides, field notes, gear reviews, and stories from Shut Your Aperture.
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SaveThe Point of View by Leonardo Milani
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and contributor remarks reflect their original publication period. The train passengers are identifiable only through…
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SaveCity of Arts and Sciences by Philip Gunkel
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and contributor remarks reflect their original publication period. City of Arts and Sciences by Philip…
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SaveModern Cityscapes by Simas Lin
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and contributor remarks reflect their original publication period. Modern Cityscapes by Simas Lin Modern Cityscapes…
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SavePhotographer of the week Francisco Gonçalves
This weeks inspiration comes from Photographer of the week Francisco Gonçalves. Francisco Gonçalves was born in Madeira Island on 14 May 1981. He is…
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SaveWild Flowers by Jim Shirey
Wild Flowers by Jim Shirey. My family and I moved into the old farmhouse almost forty years ago. In the years following we grew…
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SaveSplit by Bobby Kostadinov
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and contributor remarks reflect their original publication period. Split by Bobby Kostadinov Split by Bobby…
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SaveBlack Faces by Marta Azevedo
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and any contributor remarks describe their original publication period. The work is credited to Marta…
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SaveLukas Salna: LE1 Street Portraits
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): Lukas Salna’s first-person account below describes his LE1 student project made in 2013–14. The street portraits are…
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SaveConceptual Photography by Procureur Dieter
Procureur Dieter describes conceptual photography as an ongoing process of composition, editing and emotion. The first-person account below is the contributor’s own, followed by…
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SaveLeigh Eros: Conceptual Fine-Art Portraits
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): Leigh Eros’s first-person description below refers to her practice and location at the time. Her original introduction…
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SaveAstronaut: A Journey to Space
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this is a historical space-film feature. Vimeo identifies the film and editor, but player-page access does not…
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SaveThe Ugly Guys of Portugal: Frank Leinz’s Wildlife Photos
Frank Leinz photographed small animals, reptiles, spiders and other wildlife during three visits to Portugal. His own account of the search appears below, followed…
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SaveCarnivora Gardinum: Biolapse Film
From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this preserves a filmmaker’s historical production account, not a current business or equipment offer. Vimeo confirms the…
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SavePhotographer of the week Marcio Cabral
This weeks inspiration comes from Photographer of the week Marcio Cabral. Marcio is a landscape photographer based in Brasilia, Brazil. During his career, he…
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SaveA Photographer’s Guide to the First Amendment
Photographers get stopped, questioned, and sometimes arrested for doing something the Constitution protects: taking pictures in public. This guide lays out what the First…