23 March, 2026
Farewell to a Friend – A One Shot Story
A recent spring vacation in Europe with our daughter ended in sadness with the death, back home, of our beloved dog Milo at age 14. He had been gradually failing over the past m...
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14 March, 2026
Squares vs. Rectangles in Photography
My photographic archive, viewed from a certain altitude, resembles nothing more than a collection of rectangles and squares. The rectangles come from my 35mm cameras, while the ...
10 March, 2026
A Blizzard Stirs Memories
One of my fondest early memories as a New Yorker was a blizzard in the mid-1990s that brought the metropolis to a halt. My future husband and I were out with friends at a play a...
2 February, 2026
Polar Bear Plunge – New Year’s Day 2026, Coney Island NYC
In the company of my friend and fellow 35mmc conspirator Scott Ferguson, I returned to Coney Island on January 1 for the 123rd Annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge. Sco...
12 January, 2026
My Doubts about Film Photography
There are moments when I ask myself why I bother shooting these old film cameras. Often that question comes when I’m exasperated or discouraged. Maybe the color on a batch...
26 November, 2025
One By Four: a One Shot Story told by Four Photographers – Part 4
Winter Sunlight, NYC, 2025. Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss Planar f2.8, light yellow filter. Tri-X 400. This post is the final installment of a four-way conversation between Scott Fergu...
17 November, 2025
Paris Fashion Week with My New Crush: a Pre-War Leica
People-watching is one of the joys of urban life, perhaps nowhere more than in Paris, a city that I love but visit rarely. Quite by chance a recent trip unfolded during the autu...
27 October, 2025
My Favorite Photo of 2025?
As I write these words it is mid-September, with almost a third of 2025 yet to go, yet I’m nonetheless fairly certain that the image above will turn out to be my favorite ...