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24 February, 2020

The (Lack of) Value in (my) Photography (and negatives) – In the Dark Shed – with John Whitmore (VIDEO)

By Hamish Gill

A few months back I visited John Whitmore (@thedarkshed on Twitter). A the time, I was in the depths of my photography funk, so decided it might be nice to try and snap myself o...

17 February, 2020

In Homage to – and Defence of – the Work of Tatsuo Suzuki – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

No worthwhile art ever escapes at least some controversy of some kind from some people at some time. Even Ansel Adams, whom no one would likely consider controversial, was no st...

9 February, 2020

Thanks for the memories – Finishing a Roll of Neopan 1600 I started in 2012 – by Dave Donnelly

By Dave Donnelly

I guess it was bound to happen, too many film cameras loaded at the same time and lots happening. Having three Olympus OM10s plus a similar looking OM1 can be confusing, As a r...

4 February, 2020

Finding Subjects in Familiar Sights – by Chris Illing

By Chris

It’s December the 23. 2018. Midnight. I’m standing in the bathroom of my parents house brushing my teeth. It felt like nothing had changed since my childhood. Everything as usua...

3 February, 2020

Own Your Workflow and Goals (and don’t get too distracted by the mantras of others)

By Hamish Gill

One of the wonderful things about photography is how broad it is as a pastime. The options are absolutely endless, from capture media, camera type, process to display. In fact, ...

5 January, 2020

My Joy in Getting back into Film Photography – by David Mitchell

By David Mitchell

Like many others my introduction to photography was through film - my Dad’s 35mm Yashica originally before moving on to digital. I developed and printed my own prints for a few ...

2 January, 2020

On Finding inspiration (Don’t hold your breath) – By David Hume

By David Hume

“It is a mistake for any artist to think that their personal world is interesting. It is not. What is interesting is to use the personal to arrive at the universal.”The above is...

13 December, 2019

A Beginner’s Exploration of Documentary Photography – By Hugo Morgan

By hugomorgan

After a summer spent overexposing bulk bought colour negative film on trips to the beach and praying that the airport scanners weren’t going to fry my film on the way home, I de...

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