Photographer and writer
They’re still frozen in place – the cars of Versoix. I wonder if they’ll pick up any parking tickets? I’ve just got back from the lake-front where this sad Suzuki (yes, that’s what it is under all that icing) has been immobilised. And there are more cars stuck to the street. But they’re attracting the [...]
This ‘frozen asset’ is popular with photographers. Its image is all over the web at the moment … And where is it? Locked into immobility on the shores of Lac Léman (otherwise known as Lake Geneva) at Versoix, Switzerland. Over the past few days we have had a vicious bise wind blowing from the north, [...]
This astonishing image has to rank amongst the 100 greatest photographs of all time … It is a daguerrotype, an image recorded on a sheet of copper coated with silver and developed by mercury fumes. Ironically the hour at which it was taken is known, but the year is not. It was either 1838 or [...]
Alistair's latest book is a non-technical guide to all aspects of photography, from buying a camera to selling the photographs you take with it.
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