The nights are drawing in and stories are told around the fire… At this time of year, as thoughts turn to winter, stories would have been especially important to our...
Ionbhá or empathy is a core element of wisdom and a universal language of the soul. It brings joy to the everyday, making the unbearable bearable. 'We need empathy in schools just as...
'The First Draft' is an artistic homecoming, bringing internationally influenced work back to the roots of Rich Gilligan's creative journey and offers a contemplative look at the themes of belonging,...
Family is an elementary topic of cultural and artistic fascination, with the most interesting criticism taking place in the modern era. photography in particular, with its ability to mercilessly depict...
It is fascinating that surreal is a thing. isn’t real and unreal enough? the feeling of surreal results from a mental hiccup whereby the brain at first thinks it is...
History doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes and with this in mind we introduce the theme of ‘new pictorialism’. new implies old, and any photography student will affirm that...
There are so many ways to describe the photographic genre we focus on in this issue of blow: urbanscapes, observational photography, accidental revelations, street encounters, urban scenes… street photography is...
Photographic portraiture is one of the most compelling and popular of artistic genres. it is also a very complex and tentative area of artistic practice, covering an extensive ground from...
With the wonderful freshness in the air and the great stretch in the evenings comes a new issue of blow to savour in the bloom of spring. this time we...
This teaser issue is just a taste of what’s to come; a high quality portfolio of work to be published quarterly and a chance for all photographers to have their...
