Jack Dykinga
In the world of landscape photography, few names resonate as strongly as Jack Dykinga. With decades of experience and a wealth of published work, Dykinga shares his journey, insights on technique, and reflections on the evolution of photography in this engaging conversation. Whether you’re an aspiring photographer or simply an admirer of the art, this post will illuminate the essence of capturing landscapes that speak to the soul.
In this episode, Tim Parkin and Joe Cornish catch up with Jack fifteen years after they first met him judging Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the National Portrait Gallery. The conversation ranges from the move from large format film to digital, and what's been gained and lost in the translation, to the discipline film imposed and whether today's dynamic range has made photographers lazier; from how texture, colour and a documentarian's instinct for narrative shape his compositions, to the uneasy relationship between conservation photography, beauty and AI. Jack also talks about donating his colour transparency archive to the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the double lung transplant that gave him a 'second life' twelve years ago, and what, after everything, still makes a photograph worth taking.
In this episode, Tim Parkin and Joe Cornish catch up with Jack fifteen years after they first met him judging Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the National Portrait Gallery. The conversation ranges from the move from large format film to digital, and what's been gained and lost in the translation, to the discipline film imposed and whether today's dynamic range has made photographers lazier; from how texture, colour and a documentarian's instinct for narrative shape his compositions, to the uneasy relationship between conservation photography, beauty and AI. Jack also talks about donating his colour transparency archive to the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the double lung transplant that gave him a 'second life' twelve years ago, and what, after everything, still makes a photograph worth taking.
