TIM TITSING Because of my graphic design education, photography has always fascinated me. In the distant past I developed and printed film myself—the familiar darkroom work. But that is now a thing of the past. The digital world has given photography a completely different dimension and, with it, new possibilities. Over the years I have searched for a form of photography in which I can express my creativity, and eventually this became “street photography with a touch.” Abstract photography and photographing in nature also interest me. Unfortunately, due to physical limitations, nature photography has become less frequent for me. On my website, www.andersbelicht.eu, you can find photos and works I have created over the past years. The gear I carry in my photo backpack includes OM Systems equipment: the OM-1 Mark II with various lenses such as wide-angle, telephoto, fisheye, and macro—mostly the Pro versions. For nature photography I use various filters from Benro and NiSi. I also take along the Godox AD200 flash. And not to forget: my foldable stool. And then… why do we photograph? Is it because we want to capture the past, photograph something special, or preserve a memory of what we have experienced? Or is photography something mystical from the past, from the days of the darkroom and developing and printing by hand—now made accessible to everyone who can operate a camera, whether that is a phone or a camera with real lenses? Digital technology has certainly influenced this, giving the question “why we photograph” a much broader platform.