Ottawa, November 26, 2023

Dance

March 17, 2024 Paul Politis 0

I recently got a well-worn copy of Unknown Territory: Photographs of Ray K. Metzker, which I’ve wanted for a long time. “I recognize the desire, […]

The photographer

March 31, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“There’s no new ideas in the world, there’s only new arrangements of things. Everything is new, every minute is new. That means re-examining. Life changes […]

For madmen only

March 16, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“Do you think I can’t understand your horror of the fox trot, your dislike of bars and dancing floors, your loathing of jazz and the […]

Insight (black and white photograph)

Ghost

June 3, 2022 Paul Politis 0

ghost (gōst) n. 1. the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among […]

Untitled (black and white photograph)

Surveillance

December 8, 2021 Paul Politis 0

  I didn’t even see the guy in the far left corner watching me until I looked at the photo later on my computer. I […]

Yo (colour photograph)

On camera

July 5, 2021 Paul Politis 0

The other day, I picked up my copy of Art & Fear and started reading at a random page. It’s one of those books where […]

Insight (black and white photograph)

Mirrors and Windows

January 4, 2021 Paul Politis 0

Recently I’ve been thinking about John Szarkowski‘s idea of photographs as either windows or mirrors. It’s interesting to think of one’s own work and the […]