Simon Wiffen
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Shadow & Light Monthly #42

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Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this edition we take a close up view of the life that lives inside a drop of seawater and learn about the intimate music photography of Denis O’Regan. We get a rare glimpse into the secretive world of Sumo and look inside a 150-year-old camera.

Shadow & Light Monthly #41

Ciro Battiloro Le Petit Souffle

Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this, the last edition of 2022, we take a journey with French fishermen and the incredible ‘Grandma divers’ of Korea. We look at a beautiful portrait series of young people living in post-Brexit UK and we look at life in New York as captured on film.

Shadow & Light Monthly #40

Greenland. © Jonathan Critchley

Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we look at the stunning beauty of Greenland and find out how one war photographer turned his lens on his family. We see a stunning historical series capturing the North of England and look at what might be the most pointless thing I’ve ever seen.

Shadow & Light Monthly #39

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Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we take a look at a fantastic portrait series of the 1975 residents of a Holywood hotel and take to the streets of New York with Leica. We see stunning images documenting the troubles in Northern Ireland and we look at the world’s largest camera.

Shadow & Light Monthly #38

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Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we look at the vibrant graffiti scene of 80s New York and see newly remastered photographs from NASA’s Apollo moon missions. We admire a stunning series of images capturing the diversity of Vietnam and a new quirky and tiny little camera from Tokina.

Shadow & Light Monthly #37

bobbin doffer ian beesley

Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we look at the fantastic work of Bradford-born photographer Ian Beesley and see stunning images capturing the power and beauty of waves. We look at one graphic designer’s painstaking work documenting the world of film boxes and a quirky little paper camera.

Shadow & Light Monthly #36

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Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we visit a 1980s Brooklyn roller disco and look at Kodak’s brand new half frame camera. We discover the story behind the secret photographers of the Holocaust and look at Godox’s quirky new retro flashes.

Shadow & Light Monthly #35

Northern England Sirkka Liisa Konttinen

Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we look at photos of the changing face of Northern England and learn about the battle that led to Polaroid’s revolutionary SX-70 camera. We celebrate Paul McCartney’s 80th birthday with a look at Harry Benson’s photography and we look at the world’s most expensive camera.

Shadow & Light Monthly #34

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Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we see stunning black and white images capturing the beauty of wildlife and bold portraits celebrating the rich cultural history of Kenya. We delve into the Musée de l’Armée in Paris war photography archives and hear a symphony created from camera shutter clicks.

Shadow & Light Monthly #33

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Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.

In this month’s edition we find out what it’s like to be Prince’s personal photographer and look at life on the Tokyo subway in the 1980s. We look at a beautiful series of portraits documenting what love means for people with Down Syndrome and look at one photographer’s images of the people of San Francisco.

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I'm Simon Wiffen, an award-winning photographer, husband, dog owner, record collector and dad of three.

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