Author: Richard Carter

by John Berger Essays on photographs, photography and photographers. John Berger thinks a lot about images. I greatly enjoyed his book Bento's Sketchbook, so, when his thoughts on photography were reissued, I couldn't wait to read them. One important point that Berger makes—I paraphrase, no doubt inaccurately—is that, despite what the photographer might want or… Continue reading Understanding a Photograph

by Dave Goulson Fascinating book about bumblebees. This is a fantastic book: a wonderful mixture of memoir and science writing. By the end of it, you are almost as hooked on the wonderful creatures that are bumblebees as is Dave Goulson—if such a thing were possible. I particularly liked the way Goulson describes the simple-sounding… Continue reading A Sting in the Tale