After setting out to photograph one of the USA’s most stubborn invasive weeds, Karey Walter found herself pulled into a stranger, wilder journey. Jon Stapley reports.


After setting out to photograph one of the USA’s most stubborn invasive weeds, Karey Walter found herself pulled into a stranger, wilder journey. Jon Stapley reports.

When Paul Reid quit his humbrum job and became a professional photographer, he forged the career he’d always dreamed of. In B+W 302 he talks to Roderick Field about building a community and the launch of his first book, ‘Monochrome Portraits’.

To see the early work of any artist is a valuable insight into their blind alleys, moments of inspiration and final reckoning, but Martin Parr knew from the start exactly where he was going. Elizabeth Roberts reports on a new publication.

Black+White Photography – Issue 303
– Karey Walter’s mythical animal portraits inspired by an invasive vine
– Mandy Barker discusses her work highlighting the dangers of fast fashion
– Kevin Pineda Gould on finding inspiration on the streets of New York City
– Joakim Kocjancic captures the spirit of Bucharest’s younger generation
PLUS
– Camera test: OM System OM-3
– Mono conversion software tested and rated
– Lee Frost’s essential guide to filters
– Highlights from the Exposure One Awards
Cover © Nur Tucker