FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST PAUL SANDERS

This week’s guest is Paul Sanders, who returns after a long absence to talk about his latest move to seek ‘still’. Paul spent years operating at the sharp end of British newspaper photography as Picture Editor of The Times, living among relentless deadlines, pressure, and the pursuit of tomorrow’s front page. Somewhere within that world, though, he began to realise that achievement and contentment don’t always arrive hand in hand. Over time, photography became less about proving himself and more about paying attention again. His pictures now are often shaped by solitude, weather, atmosphere, and the Cornish landscape. He speaks honestly about burnout, depression, creativity, and rebuilding a sense of purpose through time spent alone with a camera. We also discuss his new book, Still, which sold out within weeks of its initial publication.

In the mailbag today, Adriano Henney discovers that his toughest critic may in fact be living under the same roof, David Munro is beginning a photographic project that lets him follow the beautiful game wherever his travels happen to take him, Glenn Sowerby finds himself among the black velvet and eyeliner of a Goth festival, our own Neil Ford is photographing people dressed in foam costumes while attempting half marathon world records, and Bob Demers, (Bob of the Desert) is asking the world to stop shouting!

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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.

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Photo London is one of the UK’s best known photography fairs, held each year at Somerset House in London. It brings together galleries, photographers, publishers, and collectors from around the world, with everything from historic documentary work to contemporary art photography on show. Alongside the exhibitions there are talks, book signings, and events that make it feel less like a trade fair and more like a gathering place for people interested in photography as a craft and culture.

Minor White was an American photographer, writer, and teacher whose work helped push photography beyond simple documentation and toward something more personal and reflective. Much of his black and white work focused on texture, landscape, weather, and ordinary objects, though he believed photographs could also carry emotion, memory, and spirituality.The

The Kennet and Avon Canal links the River Thames at Reading with the Bristol Avon at Bath, stretching for around 87 miles through Berkshire, Wiltshire, and Somerset. Built during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it became an important trade route for goods including coal, stone, timber, and agricultural produce before falling into decline with the arrival of the railways. After decades of restoration work by volunteers and local communities, the canal is now one of the most loved waterways in Britain, known for its locks, aqueducts, towpaths, and slower pace of life.

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Whitby Goth Weekend began in the mid 1990s as a small gathering linked to the gothic music scene and has since become one of the most recognisable alternative festivals in the UK. Held twice a year in the North Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby, the event brings together live music, alternative fashion, photography, markets, and thousands of visitors dressed across gothic, Victorian, steampunk, punk, and industrial styles. The town itself, with its abbey ruins and connection to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, gives the festival much of its atmosphere and identity.

Kieran Doherty is a British documentary photographer and former Reuters staff photographer whose career has taken him from major world events and conflict zones to quieter long-term personal projects about resilience, remembrance, and everyday life.

Phil Noble is a British photojournalist best known for his long career with Reuters, covering major political, social, and royal stories across the UK and around the world. His work often balances strong visual storytelling with a grounded observational style, whether photographing general elections, state occasions, Brexit, or everyday moments on British streets.

Julia Cameron is an American writer best known for her book The Artist’s Way, which has become widely influential among writers, photographers, musicians, and other creative people since its publication in 1992. Her work focuses less on technical skill and more on creativity as a practice, encouraging habits such as journalling, walking, observation, and regular creative routines to help people reconnect with ideas and confidence. Her concept of “Morning Pages” remains one of the best-known creative exercises in modern self-development writing.

Simon Booth is a British landscape photographer known for his reflective approach to photographing the natural world, particularly what he describes as “intimate landscapes.” Rather than focusing only on dramatic vistas, his work often explores smaller details within woodland, coastline, and countryside, using light, texture, weather, and atmosphere to create quieter, more observational photographs.

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