Philosophy & Reflections Archives

8 August, 2019

My “Reason for Visit,” stage 3B cancer – By Nicolás Hagen

By nicolas.himself

Hello, I’m Nicolás Hagen. I'm 22, an artist, photographer, and cancer survivor. Soon, I’ll be officially releasing my fully Polaroid photography book, Reason for Visit. I was di...

17 July, 2019

Finding a style not a camera – By Taylor Ervin

By tervin1121

Of course we are all here because we love cameras. But after over a year and a half of shooting film seriously, I’ve come to the conclusion that the camera doesn’t matter. Ok it...

31 May, 2019

Minolta Hi-Matic 7 Review – One Year Shooting Film – By Seb Copley

By sebcopley

Sometime last winter I started reading and taking an interest in online articles about a resurgence of analogue photography. I have long had an interest in photography which I a...

7 May, 2019

Dilemma Dilemma: What Shall I Use, Color or Black & White? A Short Comparison – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

When the digital tsunami overwhelmed the world of picture-taking in the mid-2000s, I bought various digital camera and used them for color work. However, I continued to take bla...

6 May, 2019

Alex Lambrechts on Inspiration and Style – an Interview by Hamish Gill

By Hamish Gill

Alex Lambrechts is a fashion and editorial photographer with clients all over the world, to all of whom he offers a very identifiable style. Alex has recently evolved his style ...

8 April, 2019

My Colour Film Photography Workflow, or: A Rant about how Software isn’t the Enemy!

By Hamish Gill

There’s been a large amount of chatter on some of the analogue photography Facebook groups recently about whether or not it’s cheating to use software to tweak your film photos ...

17 February, 2019

1960s New York. Dad’s slides scanned – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

My mother presented me with a mixed collection of my late father's transparencies on one of my visits. Mostly good family photos as expected, but also photographs of a few place...

12 January, 2019

Film Photography Shows Why Private Property and Capitalist Markets Work Well – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

If anyone had doubts about it, the comparison of digital photography and film photography presents a compelling argument for the norms of private property and the capitalist mar...

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