Fuji X Passion Photography Magazine – January 2026

In this new issue, we continue our exploration of photography as a mindful practice — a way of slowing down, observing more carefully, and reconnecting with both place and self. Across urban spaces, personal histories, quiet streets, and emotional landscapes, five contributors reflect on how photography lives between memory, movement, and everyday attention. Together, their stories reveal photography not as spectacle, but as a gentle companion to daily life, shaped by patience, limitation, and intention.

Philipp Kirchhof – Mindfulness in the Urban Space: Photography Between Nature, Street, and Memory
Philipp Kirchhof approaches photography as an act of mindfulness within the city. Moving fluidly between urban streets, fragments of nature, and personal memory, his essay reflects on how small details — plants pushing through concrete, shifting light, quiet corners — shape his visual language. Blending personal history with contemporary practice, Philipp shows how photography becomes a way to slow down, observe attentively, and rediscover meaning in the everyday urban environment.

Abby McMenaman – Finding My Way Back to Photography
In this honest and introspective piece, Abby McMenaman reflects on her journey away from photography and the quiet, persistent pull that eventually brought her back. From early memories growing up on a small farm to rediscovering creativity through Fujifilm and film cameras, her story is one of reconnection. Photography becomes a way to preserve fleeting moments, rebuild a creative relationship with herself, and once again find beauty in ordinary life.

Pit Haupert – An Introduction to Streetscapes Photography
Pit Haupert introduces Streetscapes Photography as a thoughtful fusion of street and landscape approaches. Here, people are rarely the focal point, instead becoming subtle elements within a wider urban scene — silhouettes shaped by light, scale, and atmosphere. Through restrained gear choices and careful composition, Pit explores how mood and narrative emerge quietly, offering a reflective and personal way of seeing the street beyond traditional street photography.

Matteo Ceschi – Partout et Nulle Part in the History of Chambéry
Set among rain, fog, and ever-changing light, this visual essay follows a brief yet evocative photographic encounter with Chambéry, a small Alpine city layered with centuries of history. Working with a single camera and lens, Matteo Ceschi moves through passageways, courtyards, and tunnels where past and present subtly intertwine. The result is a meditation on place, weather, limitation, and the strange sensation of being everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

Hawra Alebadi – Finding Calm Through the Lens
For Hawra Alebadi, photography became a quiet refuge from the emotional intensity of her work as a neonatal nurse in Sydney. Drawn to softness, warmth, and understated moments, she uses the camera as a way to slow down and observe more deeply. Her images preserve subtle beauty — the kind that often goes unnoticed — revealing how photography can offer calm, balance, and emotional grounding in everyday life.

Immerse yourself in Fuji X Passion 115 — 145 pages dedicated to photography as a mindful, human practice. A celebration of quiet observation, emotional honesty, and the gentle power of finding meaning in the ordinary.

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