About Ian Maurer Photography

Ian Maurer has taken a keen interest in photographing the world and people around him for over fifty years. Starting with his first roll of 620 black and white film in an ancient Kodak Brownie camera at the age of eight, he gradually progressed through a 127 film Kodak Starflash (with replaceable magnesium flash bulbs!), his father’s 35mm Kodak rangefinder and finally to his first SLR, the iconic Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Along the way he discovered the delight to be found in processing his own monochrome and then colour prints and transparencies.

Twenty years as a part-time professional wedding, portrait and commercial photographer (trading as Bardon Photographics) were not enough to wear out a 35mm Konica SLR and a couple of 645 Bronica medium format cameras, although by the end, the photographer was ready to take a break. After about ten years, a time which saw the world of photography go digital, Ian Maurer now works with a Nikon full-frame digital camera system.

He enjoys photographing people, places and the natural world at his own pace. Freed from the costs of film, processing and prints, Ian Maurer now mostly shoots for fun, not profit.