Photographs and articles by A. Cemal Ekin
My dear friend Reha Günay has been a prolific publisher of books on architecture, architectural history, and architectural photography. His latest publication, Selimiye, is the subject of this review. It is hard to do justice to a tome that covers multiple facets, from literally stone-age history to stitched photography; not to mention the architectural, social, Source
Well, this may or may not be a Photoshop problem, but it certainly affected how I saw images and the way Photoshop tools worked. It started a while ago, even on a different laptop I had. I would open an image in an image viewer, then push it to Photoshop to edit, and the image Source
The Tech Blind Spot We Willingly Create Although I acknowledge that many podcasts are carefully researched and highly responsible, I do not listen to podcasts; nor do I watch them. My distance from the medium is intentional, allowing me to observe the cultural and psychological mechanics of the audio boom as an outsider. When I Source
Our friend, Jim, offered to take us to a small waterfall in Smithfield on a nice day in May. After a ride on the freeway, then on the streets of Smithfield, we came to a pleasant corner. Jim dropped us off at the corner and went to park the car. Several plaques greeted us. The Source
After a strong winter with a record amount of snow in one day, we seem to be entering the summer of 2026. Temperatures are rising, flowers are blooming in the garden, and the wild roses are putting on their show down the street. Although our garden has been blooming in succession, from the tree peonies Source
I have been taking fewer photographs. Probably the biggest cause is being a fair-weather photographer. Add a few other odds and ends, and I seem to have taken about 75-80 photographs in 2026. As the weather improves and as we can find more places to drive, park, photograph, and return, we may take more. With Source
I am sending you these flowers to celebrate our 55th anniversary. Much love! Source
Photographic transformation can be transitive or intransitive. Or, through photography, we help transform ourselves, our surroundings, our lives, and societies. In addition to this transitive use, the process of photography directly transforms our real world into photographs. Transformation is deeply inherent in photography at many levels. Photography As An Agent of Change Photography has…
