Episode #93 – The Logic Of Creating Photographs

This week: I’m in conversation once again with photographer/writer Hugh Graham, who was one of my lecturers when I studied photography at University.

It’s often been said that photography is a science. But of course, most photographers don’t think of it this way – they invariably think in a visual sense.

Is there a formula for the visual construction to images?

Many, many years ago, Hugh came up with the PICS formula, a way to identify the key elements present the majority of successful news pictures. This is something I picked up on early in my career and it has worked very well for me ever since.

Some quick links to things mentioned in this show:

Music featured in this episode is courtesy of Matt Stevens. You can check out more of his work here.

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