After more than two decades of shooting with Fujifilm cameras, we’ve finally made the move to Ricoh. And, despite the price tag, it’s well worth it. Don’t get us wrong, we absolutely love Fujifilm. The colour reproduction is amazing, particularly from our most recent camera, the Fujifilm X-T50. But as much as we love those gorgeous colours, we tend to lean more towards black-and-white. We wanted something a little more versatile, discreet and, above all, easier to use while wandering the streets with a camera in hand.

Enter the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome.

Discover a World of Photography at Home

Who says you need to travel to exotic locations, explore dramatic landscapes or venture out into the streets to capture great photographs? Sometimes, the most inspiring subjects are right under your nose. Your home is full of opportunities to experiment with light, composition, colour, texture and storytelling. Whether you are a beginner looking to develop your skills or an experienced photographer searching for fresh inspiration, there are countless ways to get creative without stepping outside. Here are ten ideas to help you see your home in a completely new light.

This month, it was all about the tools. We spent nearly the entire time with the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, a small camera with a remarkably big personality. At first, its abundance of settings and presets felt like a world of possibilities—and a bit of a puzzle. It took us a while to find our footing, to tune the camera to the way we see, and to make its many choices feel like second nature.

Todd Hido is a photographer whose work has quietly reconfigured how we think about light, space, and the emotional charge of the everyday. Born in 1968 in Kent,Ohio, Hido studied photography at the Cleveland Institute of Art and later at California College of the Arts.

A couple of days ago, we received a comment on a picture we posted on social media. Initially we felt proud, but that feeling was quickly replaced by dread. The comment was simple yet powerful. It read, “This picture is absolutely perfect.”

We took a road trip from hell across the continent—a journey that should have been fun— in a tiny car stuffed full of our belongings. What was supposed to take approximately nine hours turned into sixteen. Within the first three hours, our dog had been sick more times than we could count. Then, just to add to the adventure, we broke down at the border…

For years, platforms like Instagram have slowly chipped away at the experience of photography, one endless scroll at a time. What began as a place to discover inspiring work has become a stream of algorithmically selected content designed to keep us scrolling rather than truly looking.

Photography deserves better than a fleeting swipe.

There’s a certain kind of photographer who doesn’t chase moments—they reshape how we see them. William Eggleston is one of those rare figures.

Born in 1939 in Memphis, Eggleston is widely credited with elevating colour photography from something casual or commercial into a legitimate fine art form. At a time when black-and-white dominated galleries, he turned his lens toward the everyday—parking lots, ceilings, roadside objects—and made them feel deliberate, painterly, and quietly surreal.

Paul and Celie had established themselves as the go-to surf photographers on the Portuguese island of Madeira, out in the middle of the Atlantic. It took only two years to build that reputation, and during winter, when professional surfers arrived from around the world, they were always on call. Summer brought smaller surf but relentless crowds; as usual, they were content shooting traveling surfers and tourists, finding moments in the ocean.

Daido Moriyama (born October 10, 1938, in Ikeda, Osaka) is one of Japan’s most famous and influential street photographers — a maker of gritty, grainy images that feel like the city itself: noisy, messy, and electric. He came up in Tokyo during the 1960s, a time of huge social change, and he turned away from polished, staged photography in favor of a rough, in-the-moment style that captures life as it happens.