TigerCat Photography

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

Pete Rezac's class this past year has me all energized. I've resurrected my darkroom equipment from storage and I'm getting ready to take over one of the bathrooms in my house.

05/25/2026

Remembering the late Jaroslav Rössler who was born on this day, the 25th of May 1902.

Photographer Rössler was a pioneer of Czech avant-garde photography and a member of the association of Czech avant-garde artists Devětsil.

You can read more about his life and see samples of his work via the link that I'll add in the comments section.

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Image: Rössler - self portrait, 1924.

05/01/2026

"I Can't Hear You" or "I Just Choose Not To!"

04/02/2026

Remembering the late, Belgian born, photographer Martine Franck who was born on this day, April the 2nd in 1938.

An inspiring photographer she was a member of Magnum Photos for over three decades - amassing an impressive, significant, back catalogue of work.

Franck was married to Henri Cartier-Bresson - a symbiotic relationship which benefited both photographically.

Sadly it is probably fair to say that his fame overshadowed her work for many years - a balanced now being redressed as her work becomes more widely recognised and celebrated.

You can read more about her life and works via the link that I'll add in the comments section.
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Image: Frank.

03/03/2026

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“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩.”
-𝘼𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙢𝙖𝙣

Remembering the late Arnold Newman, who was born on this day, March the 3rd, in 1918.

American photographer Newman was noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images.

You can read more about his life and see some samples of his work via the link that I'll add in the comments section.
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Image: public domain.

02/25/2026

On this day, February the 24th, in 1840,
French photographer Hippolyte Bayard publishes a description of his own photographic method.

Whilst it did not succeed in matching the impact of Daguerre's process Bayard's place in the history of photography can not be ignored.

The French born photographer was a true pioneer with his own process producing direct positive paper prints within the camera.

Bayard had previously presented the world's first public exhibition of photographs, in June 1839.

Bayard claimed to have invented photography earlier than Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox Talbot in England, the men traditionally credited with its invention, and there may well be credence in his claim.

He is seen here in a self portrait taken around 1855.

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