The perfect representation of an image and other things.

3 Halo Mirage, 2026

When out photographing I always have in my head what the image will look like. Sometimes I get it exactly like I was thinking (see above), sometimes its close but not quite, and sometimes its spot on, but still looks awful. I used to work the same way when I was printing black and white in my smelly London Darkroom in the 90’s. I would look at the landscape and then visualize how it would look as a black and white print. But not just a print, a framed print on a wall somewhere. I’m still not sure why I had to frame it and place it in some loft apartment, or a fancy room, it was just how my mind worked. Decades later, I still think how an image might look, framed in my house, or someone else’s house for that matter.

For me, the framed print is still the end game. Unlike a book with sequencing, text, and basically copies of the original images, the print is, and should be, the perfect representation of an image. Lets hope it lasts…