Pamela Aminou photography

One of the hardest things about visiting a new city as a photographer is resisting the temptation to photograph everything immediately. When I arrived in Kuala Lumpur, every instinct told me to reach for my camera. The city skyline was exactly what I had imagined, modern, bold and filled with buildings competing for attention. Instead, I made a decision that surprised even me. I left my camera…

Fred Herzog was a German-born Canadian photographer whose pioneering use of colour photography transformed the way everyday urban life could be documented. Best known for his vibrant images of Vancouver from the 1950s through the 1970s, Herzog captured the city’s streets, storefronts, workers, and neighbourhoods with an extraordinary sensitivity to colour, light, and the rhythms of daily…

I recently came across a video of a multi-medium artist who said something that quietly stayed with me: we do not have to have a medium. He spoke about starting out as a filmmaker, convinced that this was the path he had chosen and therefore the one he had to follow. When his career didn’t unfold in the same way as others around him, panic set in. It wasn’t until he allowed himself to branch out…

Albania was a place where hat I was reluctant to visit not because of any preconceived notions but because it took a long time for airlines to have a direct flight from London. There’s no point a 3hr flight should take 6 to 8hrs in Europe. I added it to my very long list of places to see. Over the years things have changed and with the recent new addition to the city of Tirana, it finally felt…

Harry Gruyaer is a Belgian photographer renowned for his masterful use of colour and his ability to transform ordinary scenes into striking, atmospheric compositions. Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of European colour photography, Gruyaert has spent more than five decades documenting places around the world, producing images that are celebrated for their rich palettes, graphic simplicity,…

There are quite a few exhibitions lined up in London over the remainder of this year and stretching into 2027. I’ve already made a list of the ones I don’t want to miss, and sitting right at the top was the Marilyn: The Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Portraiture has always fascinated me. More than any other genre of photography, it asks us to consider not only who a person is, but…

Repetition is a good thing. More than that, it is deeply human. We often resist it. We’re taught to chase novelty, to seek something new, something different, something that hasn’t been done before. But beneath that desire is a quieter truth: repetition is how we learn, how we refine, how we begin to understand. In science, nothing is trusted without repetition. Results are tested, repeated,…

Joel Sternfeld is an American photographer, writer, and educator widely regarded as one of the pioneers of contemporary colour photography. Born in New York City, Sternfeld studied at Dartmouth College before turning to photography in the late 1960s. Influenced by the colour theories of Josef Albers and by the documentary traditions of Walker Evans and Robert Frank, he developed a distinctive…

One of the things nobody really tells you when you first pick up a camera is that photography doesn’t end when you press the shutter. We spend countless hours chasing the perfect light, refining our compositions, and learning how to express ourselves through our images. But there is another side to photography that often goes unnoticed until something goes wrong: protecting the work we’ve…

Greg Girard is a Canadian photographer and writer best known for his long-term documentary projects exploring the transformation of cities, the effects of globalisation, and the relationship between memory and place. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has documented some of Asia’s fastest-changing urban environments, creating an important visual record of cultures and communities…

Wim Wenders is a towering figure in both cinema and photography, a dual identity that has allowed him to translate the cinematic gaze into the still frame with remarkable poignancy. Born Wilhelm Ernst Wenders on August 14, 1945, in Düsseldorf, Germany, he first established himself as a leading voice of the “New German Cinema” movement, directing seminal films like Alice in the Cities and Paris,…

Constantine Manos was an American photographer celebrated for his masterful work in documentary, street, and colour photography. Born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1934, to Greek immigrant parents, Manos discovered photography as a teenager and quickly demonstrated exceptional talent. At just nineteen years old, he became the official photographer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood,…

Some buildings are designed to be seen. Others are designed to be read. When I first came across Downtown One in Tirana, Albania, I was immediately drawn to its striking facade. Rising 150 metres above the city, the skyscraper is impossible to ignore, but what makes it truly fascinating is not its height. Designed by the Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, the building carries a three-dimensional…

Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer best known for his powerful documentary work during the Great Depression and his role in shaping modern photojournalism. Born in New York City in 1915, Rothstein studied under Roy Stryker at Columbia University, an experience that would define the course of his career. Under Stryker’s direction, he became one of the first photographers hired by the…

I’ve always heard about having a style and never really believed that I had a personal style, at least not consciously. For the longest time, I thought style was something you had to declare, like a manifesto or a brand. It felt like a fixed destination, not something that could emerge slowly, almost unnoticed. But recently, as I sifted through some of work, I started to notice patterns, certain…

Sometimes the best discoveries happen by accident. I am currently away for some well-needed rest, and on the odd day I venture out to explore the place I am visiting. It was on one of these quiet outings in George Town, Penang, that I stumbled across something I had not planned for, a camera museum sitting quietly at the heart of the heritage area. It would have been a shame to walk past. The…