Episode #240 The Black Belt Photographer! and Ally Stuart-Ross on photographic self belief
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This week on the show, could the new X-H2 replace a desire to buy a GFX system, which GFX is right for me, high-end Photo Booth interests, should I use a lens hood, and where can I buy a kit bag like Mullins? Writing photo tuition books, and what is at the top of our wish list of kit right now? Our guest is the founder behind Mabel & Møøse, Ally Stuart-Ross, whose successful brand of newborn photography is surprising all those who suggested she open a different kind of photography company; proof that self-belief is an important asset and book of the week is Café Lehmitz by Anders Petersen.
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Ally Stuart Ross
Mabel & Møøse has been my dream for a long time. It was born out of my passion for natural, minimalist style baby photos. When my daughter announced she was pregnant I started looking around for a newborn photographer. I realised that no one was offering the simple style of baby photography that I love. I‘m also really inspired by Scandinavian Minimalism and I wanted the photographs to reflect this.
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Book of the Week: Café Lehmitz by Anders Peterson
This classic work of analog photojournalism—
focusing on the idiosyncratic denizens of an
iconic bar in the red-light district of Hamburg,
Germany—is now available in a gorgeous new
edition that features a tribute by musician and
actor Tom Waits.
Photographer Anders Petersen was hanging out at a dive bar on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg in 1968 when someone grabbed his camera from the table where he was sitting and started taking pictures. Petersen used the opportunity to photograph the culprit—and the rest of the bar’s motley crew of patrons. The resulting project is one of the most revered photobooks of all time, a celebration of a gritty city at the tail end of the 1960s, and the cornerstone of Petersen’s storied career. The images have become classics of their genre; Tom Waits used one for the cover of his legendary album Rain Dogs. Their candidness and authenticity remain as eloquent today as when they were first published in 1978. This sumptuously produced reissue features a new foreword by Waits, and is certain to find a new audience, who will appreciate the stunning analog photography and its elegiac collective portrait of the fringes of society.
Pre-order the reprint here.
