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21 December, 2020

Kodachrome 64 – Digitising for the “Look”? – By David Hume

By David Hume

It started with a kiss… You see, my wedding photos are on Kodachrome 64 (PKR). Just one roll, and a roll of HP5 as well. My brother-in-law and I shot them between us. I processe...

10 December, 2020

Memories Lost, Memories Created, Memories Kept – By Jim Grey

By Jim Grey

Photographs restore lost memories and anchor tenuous ones. Through them I catalog my memories and arrange them into timelines. They help me create life narratives in retrospect....

6 December, 2020

Three Mistake I’ve Made That Involved Photography in Some Way

By Gerard Exupery

Miriam confused me. She wasn't slender, and she wasn't large… I would describe her as being voluptuous. Her clothes were always new. Her hair and makeup were always perfect. She...

30 November, 2020

“Why It Does Not Have to Be in Focus” and “Out of Focus”: Pinhole Adventures Part 4 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Another Monday, another episode of my Pinhole Adventures series… but this one is a bit different. So far, I’ve mainly focused on designing and building cameras. Pa...

4 November, 2020

The Remains of the Abandoned Microscopy Lab – Shooting Expired Film – Pt 2 – by Ricardo Andrade

By Ricardo Andrade

In this chapter I am going to dig a little deeper into the results of my nonsense endeavour. I will show you some of the images I have obtained while searching for a photographi...

2 November, 2020

Katie Melua on Shooting the “Album No.8” Cover with Film – Interview by Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

Katie Melua's latest album, Album No.8, came out on October 16th. It’s the Georgian-British singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album (hence the name), and also her eighth consec...

30 October, 2020

The Remains of the Abandoned Microscopy Lab – Shooting Expired Film – Pt 1 – by Ricardo Andrade

By Ricardo Andrade

I work as a microscopist in life sciences at the University of the Basque Country, in Bilbao, Northern Spain. I started using microscopes in 1993, while doing my PhD in the fiel...

6 October, 2020

When You Pray, Be Specific – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

It’s another beautiful day in paradise. Dark, and rainy. It’s one of those days that suggest the beauty of film. F-stop wide open, the darkness and grain, the feeling of an impr...

Scott Ferguson on Oxidorphines – the decaying beauty of corrosion
Hey Bruno, This is an awesome post and beautifully shot and written. Thank you for sharing your extraordinary experience and…
Scott Ferguson on Oxidorphines – the decaying beauty of corrosion
Hey Tony, I agree with your comment wholeheartedly, but I think you meant to say W. Eugene Smith. https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/w-eugene-smith-minamata-warning-to-the-world/
CHRISTOF RAMPITSCH on 5 Frames with a Large Format Camera – The Death of a Giant
A good read. thanks for the link. I don't know why I didn't think to use glass to keep the…

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