Sunday Morning Photographer: Got a Question?
I realise that it’s not actually Sunday yet, but Luminous Landscape have published Mike Johnston’s weekly column a couple of days earlier than usual due to travel committments. This week Mike is fielding a few questions from the general public.
“Legend has it that Cartier-Bresson shot two rolls of film every day before breakfast. Bill Jay tells a story of the great Czech photographer Josef Koudelka visiting him at his cabin out West. Bill was amazed to see Koudelka wandering around one morning taking pictures of woodpiles and trees. Questioning Koudelka about it, Bill said he thought this was about as far from Koudelka’s usual subject matter as it was possible to get. Koudelka answered that he had to practice to stay in shape, or words to that effect.”