18 March, 2026
Valentine’s Eve – a One Shot Story
Friday, February 13th — it was Valentine’s eve in New York City. After a punishing cold snap that had lasted weeks, the weather had warmed up enough for people to g...
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6 March, 2026
My Favorite Failures
I remember a line in the movie ‘Girl, Interrupted’ where Vanessa Redgrave explains the meaning of the word ‘ambivalence.’ It’s not something you d...
3 February, 2026
Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge — January 1st, 2026
When fellow 35mmc contributor David Pauley suggested a photo outing to shoot the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s morning, I didn’t hesitate for a second...
26 January, 2026
In Search of Black & White, Appendix 1 – Svema Foto and Derev Pan films from Ukraine
When I learned about Svema Film on a recent post here on 35mmc, I was intrigued enough to try some out. Svema is a Ukrainian film stock that comes in two lines: Svema Foto and ...
10 January, 2026
Pussy Riot live from the Police State!
ADVISORY: This post expresses political opinions that are not necessarily shared or endorsed by 35mmc or its content moderators, or for that matter, Pussy Riot, who are more th...
13 December, 2025
Danse Macabre – my favorite photo of 2025
I took this shot around 3:30 pm on Halloween just outside my place in Brooklyn. I had been looking forward to shooting NYC’s bacchanal Halloween festivities for weeks and...
3 December, 2025
Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2
Halloween, 2025 has been on my calendar as a shooting opportunity for a couple of months. In NYC the scale of the revelry is epic, including a giant parade in the West Village ...
27 November, 2025
5 Frames, No Kings
I was excited to bring my M3 to the recent No Kings protest in Manhattan in October. I don’t have a huge amount of experience shooting ‘documentary’ style to ...