Posted by Andrew on January 29th 2011
Stuart Sipahigil made a big impact with the release of Close to Home – Finding Great Photos in your own Backyard on Craft & Vision. The theme of revitalising your photography by learning to make photos close to where you live, rather than thinking you have to go to exciting or exotic locations, seems to have resonated with photographers struggling with the issue of finding interesting subjects to photograph.
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Posted by Andrew on August 28th 2010
Close to Home – Eight Birds
It’s a common frustration - even a complaint – from photographers that the place they live in is not visually interesting, at least not interesting enough to build up a comprehensive body of work. It’s a frustration I share myself, and for me the solution has always been to travel to more interesting and photogenic places.
Some photographers though are lucky enough to live somewhere with a wealth of potential subject matter close by. Marius Rustad is one of them. He lives in Norway, and his project Close to Home resulted in a series of beautiful black and white prints taken close to where he lives.
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