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Capture is Australia's top selling professional photography magazine. The bi-monthly publication covers all facets of the professional photography industry, in particular equipment, marketing, training, pricing, finance and rights management. Capture's mission is to help professional photographers stay informed and up-to-date, to help them grow their business and develop their careers. Capture also showcases the latest photography and editing products, equipment and techniques from Australia’s best known companies and trend-setters. It reaches the whole photographic community, including editorial, advertising, wedding, photojournalism, events, fashion and portrait photographers, plus assistants and aspiring students

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The beauty in black & white

THE MONO AWARDS 2022 • A CELEBRATION OF THE REGION’S FINEST B&W PHOTOGRAPHY

PLACES – TOP 40

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Monarchs of monochrome • Photographers began trying to add colour to photographs almost as soon as the first photograph was taken. Photos began to be hand-coloured in 1839, thirteen years after Joseph Nicéphore Niépce shot the first surviving photo in 1826. Even when interest in “perfecting” colour film became fierce before Kodachrome went on sale in 1936, some of the world’s most famous black and white photographs were being taken. Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Man Jumping the Puddle and Lunch atop a Skyscraper were both shot in 1932. The passion for black and white is still strong nearly a hundred years later. Four masters of monochrome explain why and how they use it.

Conflicts of interest. • The world is always in conflict. Since World War II, there have been hundreds of conflicts. Some, such as the more recent wars in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Ukraine, make front page news internationally. Others, such as the myriad wars in Africa, do not. Much of what we know about any of these wars comes from the stories of photojournalists and photographers who have chosen to bear witness. Candide McDonald explores their reasons, risks, and rewards.

Wedding’s long COVID • The pandemic gave wedding photographers a two-year  long roller coaster ride with no moments of elation. It was up and down from dire to challenging. More importantly, while there was a small rebound at the beginning of 2022, effects have lingered. Candide McDonald reports.

The NFT comes of age • When Madonna created an NFT series featuring a 3D model of her vagina in March this year, one had to wonder whether NFTs have become too mad to take seriously after a wild seven-year life span or if their whimsicality is part of their importance to culture. Candide McDonald investigates.