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A few years back I had the privilege of inviting the late Andrew Norton to speak to my Theology and Media class on photography and spirituality. Andrew graciously obliged and

Reflecting on cameras today as a new (second-hand) camera came in the mail today. I’ve not been a regular photographer over the years, though I seem to have picked up

In the first post in this series (Photography and Spiritual Formation (1)) I mentioned Andrew Norton’s influence on my thinking about photography. Alongside Andrew, Eileen Crowley’s work on photography and

There are many things I like about photography but among those things is a fascination with symmetry, perspective, and geometry. It’s probably why I tend to photograph things in an

While flicking through the Tate Modern’s YouTube channel “Finding Photography” this title caught my eye. Certainly the idea of photography as therapy and spiritual discipline is on my mind all

Related to the use of photography in spiritual formation are developments in the use of photography for therapeutic purposes. These range from the notion that doing something you might enjoy

I follow a number of YouTube channels and people that are concerned with photography and, in particular, street photography – photography that is done typically with short focal length (say,

In this post mention a few places I’ve found online that engage with photography and spirituality. Some of these are explicitly Christian, while others have a wider sense of things

A shorter post today connecting back to the Photography and Spiritual Formation (6) (which focused on therapeutic purposes for photography). Several street photographers I follow on YouTube with their own

Most YouTube photography channels tend to talk about camera equipment, composition, and tools and tricks for post-production. All those are really useful, especially if you’re trying to learn how to

Warning: This post talks about death and dying which some may find disturbing. A lot of photography is about life and living. We take photographs of births and birthdays, weddings

Photography quite naturally lends itself to feelings and expressions of nostalgia, where nostalgia might be seen as a deep or wistful yearning or desire to reconnect or return to some

When I started this blog post series a year or so ago I had no idea where it would end up, but after 12 posts it feels like time to