Ian J Myers photographs the Vendée and Nantes on film. Personal essays, analog photography, and the occasional wrong turn.
Ten years of street photography in Nantes, one book: sit down, order the coffee, let the place come to you. IJM on the Streets is here as a PDF ebook.
Read the essayThe obligatory bike shot!
Do you ever get that shot that just seems to turn up…
Happy birthday Gilet Jaunes
I’m writing this in a theatre before the tune up begins in…
Barber shop portraits
The author reflects on their return to photography after a hiatus, sharing…
Ode to January
January, with its terrible reputation as being the shittiest month of the…
A photographer, horn player, and writer living in the Vendée, near Nantes, in western France. Since 2019 I've been writing about photography, the places I wander, and what it means to look carefully at the world.
The camera changes, the looking doesn't.
Forty years behind the lens. Six years writing it down. A guide to film photography, light, and seeing.