Blind Corners: Essays on Photography

‘Blind Corners is a book I believe every photographer should own. Not just the pros. Not just the high end amateurs. But everybody who has ever raised a camera or a cell phone with the hope to create an image should at some point have this book, put it in their day bag and carry it with them.’ W Scott Olsen, Frames magazine ‘A wonderful read for anyone who has ever picked up a camera or looked closely at a photograph and wondered about its back story. It’s also beautifully presented in this small hardback by Notting Hill Editions. A perfect gift for the photographer in your life.’ Arts Hub magazine For many years, photographer Michael Collins had wondered what exactly it was that he found so mysterious and compelling about photography. In this series of linked pieces, Collins offers a reappraisal of photographic genres – including the humble and ubiquitous – that he believes are worthy of greater understanding. From restoring abandoned photos, whose subjects are lost to time, to a quotidian history of the studio portrait; from tracing the origins of the photographic survey within the wider field of the history of art to an experiment in portraiture using gorillas, Collins reveals what it is about photography that is so enduringly fascinating. Hardback, clothbound with ribbon marker Colour and black and white images 208 pages