(The Photographers’ Gallery, 20 December 2025)
One becomes a photographer because one does not find what one is looking for in others’ photography. For this to be true, one’s tastes must be rather niche. With niche tastes, one is unlikely to create that which many others would find pleasing. As a result, most photography is bad.
“No politics, no whining” is not an uncommon refrain on bulletin boards. The photographs from Mikhailov's exhibition would not have belonged on this board.
