Lawrence Ripsher

The last time I posted, it was about one our dogs. Ume, our adopted female Rott, had recently gone into surgery. A few people asked about how things were going and because of that (and also because I think our…

Photography is not a gift. Well, that’s not entirely true. It is a gift in the sense that anyone who happens to stumble across it as a pastime, hobby or dare I say even obsession, is lucky to have done…

Growing up I was not a big lover of art. Paintings, classical music, dance, photography – an appreciation of all these things came to me only very recently, and I’m still only scratching the surface for 3 of the 4….

The photo is from Doisneau – one of the master photographers of the 20th century and easily one of my favourite street photographers. The picture was taken in 1950 and has been an iconic image for years. The woman in…