This was the question put to Haje Jan Kamps by John “Nemo” Nemerovski on his Pixiq podcast, Click with Nemo. If you’ve not had a listen yet, it’s definitely worth sparing 18 minutes of your time to tune in. As Nemo says, ‘Haje takes [...]
Category Archives: Photography
Why do photographers need to be rebels?
Shutterbug magazine, with a taste of Pring’s
Pring’s Photographer’s Miscellany – surely everyone’s favourite book of stories, techniques, tips and trivia from the photography world – is a treasure trove of weirdness and delight, as well as the truly useful. The editors of Shutterbug clearly agree, as they write, “we felt [...]
Lawrence Harvey on his favourite pieces from Retromania
Being a self-confessed collector of, among other things, cameras, I don’t think it’s actually possible to pin-point one favourite item from this book, as each individual piece has its own merits. Whereas some collectors feel the need to attain every single manufactured piece from certain [...]
Klein vs. Cartier-Bresson: street photography
Right now is a very good time to be a street photographer, especially if you happen to live in England. With a William Klein & Daido Moriyama exhibition at the Tate Modern (10th October – 20th January, £12.70 with concessions) and Henri Cartier-Bresson: A [...]
West Pier at sunset
The West Pier of Brighton is possibly the city’s most iconic structure. Opened on the 6th October 1866, by the outbreak of the Second World War its fortunes were in decline, and in 1975 it was declared unsafe and finally closed to the public. [...]
Creative Portrait Photography: review and interview
Anyone familiar with the work of Natalie Dybisz, a.k.a. Miss Aniela, will know that she is an extraordinarily talented photographer. Her work is both artistic and “technically flawless” (as Digital Photo Pro magazine rather nicely put it) and really an inspiration to any creative [...]
Out and About: Lara Jade News
Lara Jade, author of our hot-off-the-shelves new bestseller Fashion Photography 101, has been very busy indeed. She’s recently completed a three-day Fashion Photography 101 workshop on creativeLIVE.com, an innovative site that offers free live workshops for all kinds of creative entrepreneurs – including photographers. Lara [...]
Recording of Michael Freeman Live
Please wait for a few moments if video doesn’t appear immediately. This video is a recording, and was first shown live from London via live broadcast on 31st October 2012, featuring bestselling author Michael Freeman and his editor Frank Gallaugher. Michael talks about his [...]
Michael Freeman Live Event Roundup
On Tuesday we were very proud to host our very first Live Broadcast in celebration of the launch of Michael Freeman’s latest book, The Photographer’s Story. Despite just a couple of technical hitches, the evening was a great success with hundreds of viewers tuning [...]
New books! New books! New books!
It’s been a busy week down at our distributors, and this week saw the release of no fewer than three of our key autumn titles. These beauties will be hitting bookshop shelves for the first time as I write… Book distribution: HELL YES! LBS [...]
Ilex Photo now has its very own Amazon store!
It’s not the prettiest website in the world I’ll grant you, but, for the first time ever, Ilex Photo has its own store on Amazon! It’s the easiest place (apart from our much better looking website of course!) to visit if you’re looking for all of [...]
News from PhotoPlus Expo in New York
I landed in NYC and have already spent a day amongst exciting and interesting photographers at the PhotoPlus conference, and a few minutes ago the Expo kicked off with floods of people pouring in to check out the cameras and gadgets of the future. [...]
