50th Anniversary of Edward Relph’s ‘Place & Placelessness’

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I was very pleased to have been invited by David Seamon to contribute a photographic perspective for the 100th edition of the journal ‘Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology‘. Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology (EAP) has been the principal English-language home for phenomenology of place for thirty-five years. The just-published 100th issue (Vol. 37 No. 2, Summer/Fall 2026) has a special section marking …

Comparing Photographs

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I asked ChatGPT to analyse these two images for composition, technique, and content. I then asked to assess which is the ‘best’ version. Portobello, Market, 2018. Portobello, Market, 2018. ChatGPT: Let’s delve into the analysis of these two images: Composition: Both images feature the same subject—a woman in a street market setting—but each with a different compositional approach. The first …