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A figure stands alone in an alley between massive buildings on either side.

20 December, 2025

Solitude in Shenzhen – My favorite photo of 2025

By Kohtli

20 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Street & Urban Photography, /

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I’ve tried using Lomo Metropolis before, but that was on full frame with a very cheap point and shoot. This time around I was making an effort to shoot in on 120 with an old Olympus Six I recently had CLA’d. I went off to China for the first time ...

20 December, 2025

Phoenix (I) Rising, or, How I Tame the Beast

By Michael Murray

20 December, 2025

/ Harman Film, Harman Phoenix 200, /

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Phoenix (1) Why Bother? When it was released a few years ago, Harman Phoenix was a welcome new kid on the block. Like most, I was eager to try it out. To begin with, I want to say that, while I understand many photographers have their go-to method...

20 December, 2025

Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

By Max Tiraquon

20 December, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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2025 was not a productive year photographically wise for me. A combination of a very minor but niggly medical issue combined with the rarest of things a great British summer and finally deciding to pick up a PlayStation 5 meant I didn’t go out muc...

View of the Monte Fort in Verona, Italy

20 December, 2025

By Andrea Darra

20 December, 2025

/ foma, Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Nikon F2, travel photography, /

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I’ve been taking photos for many years. Over the years, I’ve realized that I enjoy photographing places, whether deserted or crowded—because in them, like in people, there’s a soul that speaks to their history. One of my favorite...

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15 May, 2024

Agfamatic Pocket 4008 – a P&S of Yesteryear

By Bob Janes

In the past, I’ve tended to review some high-end 110 cameras. The release of Lomography’s recent 110 camera was a timely reminder that some quite decent ‘Instamatic’-style camer...

14 May, 2024

A One Shot Story from New Zealand’s South Island.

By Tony Warren

Our recent first trip away post-covid seemed the perfect opportunity to take out my home made 6×12, 6 on 120 panoramic for the first time since I had added a focussing capa...

Zojo-ji temple Tokyo

14 May, 2024

5 Frames inspired by Georges de la Tour

By Geoff Chaplin

It was the 13th of March. In my inbox was the daily news in French email and it began by saying on that day in 1593 the painter Georges de la Tour was born, and he became famous...

TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 AF

13 May, 2024

TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 AF Fuji X mount (a manual lens shooters) review

By Ben Jennings

This is a review of the TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 AF in Fuji X Mount. For a long time now I have been a manual only lens user. I spent years shooting Leica film cameras almost exclus...

Lisbon, Portugal

12 May, 2024

Visiting an old ‘friend’ – Lisbon

By Geoff Chaplin

A generation ago Lisbon seemed magical, the light on the crumbling buildings, the ubiquitous graffiti, the former glory of the architecture and private courtyards. As time went ...

11 May, 2024

Recreating Historic Images

By Art Meripol

Back in 2016 a group of tourism professionals, historians, marketing pros and the US National Park Service began to work towards creating a U.S. Civil Rights Trail with the goal...

10 May, 2024

Olympus Promaster Infinity TWIN Review – It’s got the POWER!

By Cory A. Jones

Welp, one good thing about having been an active camera collector for over fifteen years now is that if I decide to start reviewing cameras, I’ve got quite a few candidates at h...

XA4 sitting pretty on a bed of moss

9 May, 2024

Olympus XA4 has a day out in Scarborough

By Mark Ellerby

I have previously had an XA, an XA2 and an XA3, all well used and enjoyed, and which all eventually broke in their own special ways. The XA4 is the latest in the series and I al...

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