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 …
An Ethics Framework for Photography (Part One)
I have been researching the ethics of photography, as developed in earlier posts during the MA. My current ‘best approach’ is a Ten Point Framework. SURFACE – THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ITSELF (Technical – Composition – Manipulation) MEANING – THE SUBJECT MATTER (Content – Symbols – Narrative – Caption) GENRE – UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS (e.g. Documentary, Nature, News, Portrait) TIME AND PLACE (Significance …


