https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/ Reflective writing on landscape photography, process, and long-term observation by Manuel Pinar. en Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/from-photojournalism-to-personal-projects https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/from-photojournalism-to-personal-projects Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 On moving from daily photojournalism at Última Hora to long-term landscape work on 4×5 colour film — what changed and what remained. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/photographing-menorca-outside-tourist-season https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/photographing-menorca-outside-tourist-season Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Documentary landscape photography in Menorca when the island pauses — territory, absence and the slow rhythm of 4×5 film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/how-repetition-builds-a-travel-photography-series https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/how-repetition-builds-a-travel-photography-series Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 On building a travel series through fixed framing and displacement — fair structures across Menorca, photographed on 4×5 colour film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/documentary-photography-water-as-managed-landscape https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/documentary-photography-water-as-managed-landscape Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Water not as nature but as infrastructure — a documentary approach to territory, regulation and landscape on large format film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/travel-photography-china-engineered-river-taiyuan https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/travel-photography-china-engineered-river-taiyuan Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Photographing the Fen River in Taiyuan as managed urban landscape — travel, territory and 4×5 documentary work in China. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/urban-density-travel-photography-tokyo-yosekiritsu https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/urban-density-travel-photography-tokyo-yosekiritsu Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Building ratios, urban density and the visual order of Tokyo — a travel photography project on 4×5 colour film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/documentary-photography-edge-of-the-city-sesena https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/documentary-photography-edge-of-the-city-sesena Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Peripheral housing before the city arrives — documentary landscape photography in Seseña, Spain, on 4×5 colour slide film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/quarries-documentary-landscape-altered-terrain https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/quarries-documentary-landscape-altered-terrain Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Quarries as constructed landscape — documentary photography of extraction, geometry and absence on large format film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/figure-and-landscape-documentary-photography-andalucia https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/figure-and-landscape-documentary-photography-andalucia Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 How portraits encountered on location integrate into landscape — documentary photography in Andalucía on 4×5 colour film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/typology-memory-travel-photography-series-genets https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/typology-memory-travel-photography-series-genets Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 The Menorcan horse as presence in landscape — typology, cultural memory and travel photography on 4×5 film in Menorca. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/isolation-landscape-documentary-photography-lonely-bush https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/isolation-landscape-documentary-photography-lonely-bush Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Documentary landscape work built on isolation and double reading — personal photographic experience without illustrating the news. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/how-i-choose-locations-landscape-photography-projects https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/how-i-choose-locations-landscape-photography-projects Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Personal method for choosing locations — light, spatial balance and territorial conditions across Andalucía, Menorca, Seseña and abroad. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/how-to-sequence-documentary-photography-project https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/how-to-sequence-documentary-photography-project Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Portfolio editing for documentary series — sequencing Just Water, Enclusa and Quarries as long-form visual narratives on large format film. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/memory-and-territory-landscape-photography https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/memory-and-territory-landscape-photography Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Landscape photography as memory of use and absence — connecting Enclusa, Closed Island and Origen through long-term observation. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/photo-editing-after-scan-4x5-film-exhibition-print https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/photo-editing-after-scan-4x5-film-exhibition-print Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Photo editing for large format work — scanning colour slide film, resolution for 120×100 cm prints and restraint in post-production. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/travel-photography-4x5-large-format-camera https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/travel-photography-4x5-large-format-camera Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Personal experience of travelling with a 4×5 camera — slow observation across China, Japan, Germany, the United States and Spain. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/documentary-photography-observation-vs-illustration https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/documentary-photography-observation-vs-illustration Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 On documentary work as sustained observation — staying with a territory until the frame holds its condition, rather than illustrating a theme. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/why-returning-to-the-same-landscape-changes-your-photography https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/why-returning-to-the-same-landscape-changes-your-photography Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 On long-term observation at S'Enclusa, Menorca — why repeated visits to the same place matter more than a single decisive moment. https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/why-i-photographed-the-enclusa-project https://manuelpinar.com/field-notes/why-i-photographed-the-enclusa-project Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 On returning to Menorca, the slow rhythm of 4×5 film, and why an abandoned military site became a long-term study of landscape, memory, and natural reclamation.