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Kevin Kelly has been photographing seriously for 55 years. He’s the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, a futurist, a prolific author (including photography books), and someone who has thought as carefully about technology as almost anyone alive. Here is what he recently said about his camera: “I’ve been seriously photographing for 55 years and the best…

There’s a question I’ve been thinking about for a long as I try to help students become better at printing their work: Is the monitor your source of truth? Most people don’t hesitate. Of course it is, that’s the image, that’s what I edited and that’s what I want the print to look like. And I…

Think about the last time you went out to photograph. Before you even raised your camera, many decisions had already been made. What kind of light you’d look for, what subjects would catch your attention, how you’d compose the frame. Even what you’d consider worth photographing at all. But here’s the thing: your habits made…

I’ve been thinking about something that came up in a recent Academy session. One of the members asked, with real concern, whether there was still a place for photographers now that AI can generate convincing images in seconds. It’s a fair question—there’s no denying the technology is remarkable. But the question itself reveals a misunderstanding…

Photography is more than just capturing what we see—it’s about conveying a message, an emotion, or a story. Recently, a subscriber asked me about the “story of an image” and whether it’s something I consider before, during, or after capturing a photograph. It was such a thoughtful question that I wanted to share my thoughts…