As I joined the celebrations of England Women’s Euro 2025 victory on my lunch break this Tuesday, I was keenly aware of how diverse the supporters around me were. There is something genuinely admirable about this country, and about this football team in particular — of course, always relatively speaking.… Read the rest

Since I took this photo yesterday, I keep putting it on my largest screens and stare at these two women. Perhaps their holding hands is therapeutic to my soul. I look at this photo and can’t help but remember those nights of my childhood that I wanted my mother to … Read the rest

The day after I wrote about my other photo at the Photographers’ Gallery café (see the previous post), I visited the gallery again, and as luck would have it (and thanks to the brilliant spatial imagination of O’Donnell + Tuomey architects), I encountered these gentlemen from this unusual viewpoint. … Read the rest

There is something voyeuristic about some street photos that I don’t admire. I’d like to think that I never go for a shot that captures someone in a vulnerable or indiscreet state. But our sneaky ways of taking some street photos don’t leave me with a terrific feeling either. Also, … Read the rest

I remember a day in my teens, walking on the streets of Tehran with a boy and a girl from my class. As the cliché goes, the other boy and I both liked the girl, or wanted to be the one who had her as the girlfriend, and we were … Read the rest

Just to record my first day on the street with a 28mm lens! Such a daunting challenge to get so much closer to people after shooting with a 50mm for a long time. And what a nightmare it was till I got the hang of zone focusing with my electronic … Read the rest