Darren-John

In the beginning there was light – The fascination of black & white photography

It is undenied that black and white photography has its very own charm. Anyone who starts to deal with it enters a completely separate world within photography. Its character is the play of light, darkness, contrasts and shades of gray. However, such photographs are now a rare pictorial style and an unfamiliar sight in public, …

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Prometheus’ Mountain of Fate – The Mythical Kazbek in Georgia

Since I wrote about the fascination of mountains in my previous blog post, it makes sense to tie in thematically and also write about a very special mountain. The Kazbek was already mentioned in Greek mythology and supposed to seal the fate of the Titan Prometheus for eternity.In 2018, I was allowed to have my …

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It always takes two – the story behind a special portrait

It was the last evening in the Pakistani city of Skardu before we were to travel to Islamabad and from there back to Germany. We came back from Askole with the jeeps only the evening before and were pretty exhausted from the past weeks. Nevertheless, I wanted to make a last attempt to capture an …

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Why actually photojournalism?

With the reproducibility of images at the beginning of the 19th century and the invention of roll film, photojournalism also became increasingly important. Where previously heavy equipment had to be brought in, mobile and flexible photojournalism was now possible. Photojournalism became a permanent institution at the latest with travel and war photography. In the long …

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