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NoFilter:GetCreative
withPhotography
ByNataliaPrice-Cabrera,LaurenceKing
Publishers,£12.99, 144 pages,softback,
ISBN978-1-78627407-
Thebiggestchallengein modern
photographyis makingyour
picturesstandout.Sure,youcan
downloadaneditingappsuchas
Snapseed,oruseanInstagram
filter,butmillionsof othersare
doingthesame.NoFilter... seekstoaddressthisby
exploringa rangeof digitalandanaloguetechniques
togiveyourshotsaninterestingnewlook.I likedthe
wheezeof chuckingnailpolishremoverovertheprint
of a digitalportraittogetsomeweird,unsettling
distortions.Usingweldingglassinsteadof a priceyND
filteris anothercraftymoneysaver.Mymaincriticism
is thatthereisn’tenoughdetail;it wouldhavebeen
bettertohavefewertips,withmorestep-by-step
explanations.★★★★★GeoffHarris

© JOSHUA BLACKBURN


Left: Hajera removes lice from the hair
of one of the children in an orphanage,
Bangladesh, 2014, by Shahidul Alam


Above: Civilians who remained in west
Mosul line up for aid distribution,
March 2017, by Ivor Prickett

Côte d’Ivoire’s Joana Choumali wins the 8th Prix Pictet for her series Ça va aller (it will all be ok)


Launderama
ByJoshuaBlackburn, Hoxton Mini Press, £14.95,
hardback, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-910566-
Joshua Blackburn visited every
launderette in London for this
project. That’s 462, in case you
were wondering. Capturing the
community spirit of this most
humble of businesses, this is
anotherwell-crafted book from Hoxton Mini Press.
Idealforanyone with a sense of humour – and
nostalgia– the book also has an air of sadness, given
thatthelaunderette is an endangered species, with
manyclosing every year. It’s also good not only for
learningabout the art of the documentary project,
butalsofor those with a fetish for fabric softener.
Although a map shows the location of each premises,
some context or captions would have been nice. But
that’s a small criticism for what’s otherwise a charming


  • and great value – book. ★★★★★ Amy Davies


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