Why the name? And what does it mean? Well it’s a play on words and a homage in some ways to a pivotal book by Harold Evans a former editor of the Times, entitled “Pictures on a Page”. Back n the days before The Times became part of the Murdoch empire. And a very influential book, when I was starting out as a aspirant photographer. It Offered an insight into photojournalism -how photographs are conceived, edited and used in newspapers and magazines. Sadly, long out of print now, I believe, I’d love to get a copy of the book again. I made the mistake once, of lending it to a colleague who had recently acquired a puppy. The book was thoroughly chewed by said puppy and despite the offer that he’d get me a new copy, I never did get one. I was reminded recently when I watched a documentary on a photographer, Tim Hetherington (more about him in another post) of the dedication needed to capture the story and convey it in a photographic form. I’ve often pondered what might have happened if I’d followed a photo-journalistic path rather than getting sidetracked into the world of commercial photography.
I’ll leave you with a quote ~ “Each photograph is only a small, flat series of tones from black to white. Its depth is an illusion, its animation symbolic. Yet it has this mysterious richness transcending all its limitations so that our impressions of major and complex events may be permanently fashioned by a single news photograph”. – Harold Evans