© Tony Cearns. North Dakota, USA.

A snap of a father’s day card my kids sent me recently. I’m in the middle :-)

Some of the most meaningful photos we keep, come from apparently inconsequential, unplanned, quite ‘ordinary’ moments. Perhaps this is why they can be so special.

My camera helps me slow down and attend to the ceaseless chatter of my mind.

Some photographers are drawn to the quality of light and the form of line. Some to the moments that induce stories. For me, it’s the quality of attention. Simone Weil, wrote about a special kind of love she called attentiveness. The website takes its name, without force or haste, from her work.

I write about photography too, and my background in philosophy means I tend toward the harder questions - what images show that cannot be said, why certain photographs stop us. I know that interests some people and puts others off entirely, and I’m comfortable with both.