From the outside, Peter Anderson’s studio looks modest. A garage door on a quiet street in Maze Hill gives little away. Peter meets me there and opens it. The space begins to reveal itself. Inside, a narrow corridor…
I went to London to photograph art galleries. That was the plan, at least. The forecast was dreadful. Sheets of rain. The sort that makes sensible people stand under doorways pretending they meant to check their phone. I’d…
Guest OM Story – words and photographs by Laurie Vaughan. I was in Liverpool for a conference and took the Olympus SP with me. It was a completely new city to me. It was a camera I had…
I didn’t buy this Olympus OM-10 because I needed another OM body. I bought it because I spotted a 50mm f/1.4 clinging to a badly written eBay listing and recognised the familiar danger: something valuable hiding in plain…
Hall of OM
Some photographers chase spectacle. Others chase perfection. David Hurn chased something quieter: understanding. A founding…
Some photographers build reputations.Patrick Lichfield was born into one, and then surpassed it. Aristocrat, charmer,…
Jacques Henri Lartigue is one of those photographers who makes everyone else look as though…
Jane Bown didn’t need a studio. She didn’t need assistants. And she never needed a…
In the early 2000s, Olympus was riding high. Known for its groundbreaking film cameras and precision optics, the company had built a legacy on innovation — from the compact genius of the OM System to advances in medical imaging. But behind the scenes, a storm was brewing.