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20 January, 2022

A Year in Slide Film Part 2 – Developing – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part two of my exploration of slide film. You can read part one here. I was really pleased with the number of slide enthusiasts who commented and the general consensu...

18 January, 2022

Photographic Nostalgia and the Myth of Soulfulness – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

My interest in tableaux photography now spans nearly two decades. And one type of scene I like to enact can perhaps be described as stills from a fictitious 1960s Soviet film se...

14 January, 2022

Memento Mori – The making of a Zine – By George Griffin

By George G

The Industrial Revolution changed the world forever. The coming of mechanised production was a shift from a mainly agricultural society to a technological one. London was the fi...

7 January, 2022

Is Bulk Loaded Cine Film a Panacea for Rising Film Prices? – By Matt Wright

By Matthew Wright

In November 2021, Kodak announced a film price increase. Some members of the film community lashed out on social media critical of the price increase. Measured thinkers reasoned...

30 December, 2021

Color Photography with the Leica M10 Monochrom – By John Ricard

By John Ricard

I’ve been shooting for decades, but always in color. Converting these images to Black and White has held no interest to me over the years. I actually have a rather illogical lov...

29 December, 2021

The Influence of Other Artists on my Work – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

We’re all subject to influences whether we know what they are and/or acknowledge them or not. As visual artists we’re influenced by our environment, other artists and photograph...

28 December, 2021

Trying Concert Photography on Film – By Billy Sanford

By Billy Sanford

I’ve been making photographs for most of my life. The first three decades on film, but it was always the traditional usage – family trips, memories with friends, special occasio...

22 December, 2021

The Influence of Movies on my Work – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

I saw Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up the other day for the umpteenth time and while it is a film that when I first saw it I did get excited about being a photographer, it didn...

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