FEATURING YOUR LETTERS AND STORIES OF LIFE

There have been some extraordinary photographers walking with me on The Photowalk over the years, sharing their work, their lives, what they’ve learned and the reasons they continue to pick up a camera. But this programme has always belonged to you as well. Every week, photographs and stories arrive from around the world: places you’ve stumbled across, people you’ve met, pictures that have come to mean more than you expected, and walks taken because you simply needed to get out for a while.

The Photowalk became as much about what happens while we’re out there as the pictures we bring home. Photography gives us a reason to look, and walking gives us the time to notice. From there we find ourselves talking about creativity, friendship, family, loss, confidence, getting older, curiosity, mental health and all the other stuff that finds its way into life. I’ve always been more interested in why you pressed the shutter than which button you pressed to do it. Why you stopped. Why something caught your attention. Why you went out that morning with a camera in the first place. So today I’m handing the show over to you: your pictures, your letters, your walks and the things you’ve noticed along the way.

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Join us in Venice for the Venice ‘26 retreat, photographing a city built on water, light, and ritual as winter settles across the lagoon. Together we’ll wander through early-morning markets, quiet canal edges, hidden monasteries, and the weathered backstreets of Castello and Cannaregio, with time to slow down, take photographs, and build creative confidence in a city that reveals itself gently when the crowds disappear. Places limited.

See Alex Mealin’s work on his Instagram.

Keigs Photography was an important part of Manx photographic history. Founded by Thomas Keig in Douglas in 1862, the family business continued for nearly 150 years, becoming particularly known for its photographs of the Isle of Man TT and its seaside ‘walkies’. Photographer Chris Killip also worked for Keigs in Port Erin early in his career. The business closed in 2010.

Tim Moolman is a South African documentary wedding photographer based in Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape.

Simon Sinek is a British-American author and speaker best known for his idea of “Start With Why” which suggests, that understanding the purpose behind what we do can be more powerful than concentrating solely on what we do or how we do it. His 2009 TED Talk helped take the idea to a worldwide audience, and his books include Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game.

Read Heidi Walker’s beautiful artist’s statement on her website, and view her beautiful works in the wilds.

Om Malik was an Indian-born writer, entrepreneur, investor and photographer who became a prominent voice in Silicon Valley. He founded the influential technology site GigaOm in 2001 and later became a partner at True Ventures. Alongside his writing on technology and its effect on our lives, photography became an important part of his creative work. Malik died in June 2026, aged 59. See his picture from Venice, referenced in the show by Christopher Parsons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a 19th-century American writer, poet and philosopher, born in Boston in 1803. A leading figure in the Transcendentalist movement, he wrote about nature, individuality, self-reliance and our relationship with the world around us.

MUSIC LINKS: HillTopTrio performed today's playout song Sloop John B. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist and also features in Michael Brennan’s Spotify playlist GoFoto. For Apple Music users, follow this playlist.

Kelvin Brown’s flickr Photowalk inspired group - join by invite by clicking on to THIS LINK.