Gypsy Family, Estremadura, Spain, 1965 by Irving Penn, from his bookPassage. They say that photography is a solitary affair and it certainly can be. Sure, there are clubs and organisations you can join for social contact, but when it comes to the actual process of taking a photograph, we're generally wrapped up in ourselves, possibly with our subject if we're shooting portraiture. So, how did the great photographers think? What was in their minds as they captured their masterpieces? How did...

Video still from Michael Fletcher's Youtube video featuring True North II See it on Youtube here:https://youtu.be/LGmj6VTxzq4?si=Bqx43h4uQJ0HZGMe Many readers may remember ND5 - Ninety Degrees Five, a collaboration between Les Walking, Tony Hewitt, Christian Fletcher, Michael Fletcher and me. We've been a little quiet for the last few years, but our website (www.nd5.com.au) is still active and we're still active - just we haven't been doing a lot together. And Covid got in the way of our last...