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23 December, 2025

Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

23 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, ilford HP5+, Nikon 35ti, /

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As it is customary in Japanese Shinto shrines, also the Heian Jingu in Kyoto has an area where bad luck is left hanging in the open. 御御籤 —o-mikuji—are small strips of paper that people can choose at random to find out their fortune. As every to...

The Carousel Bar

23 December, 2025

The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year

By Jonathan Murray

23 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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Photography has been part of my life for half a century. At thirteen, living on Royal Air Force Base Akrotiri in Cyprus, I joined the base photography club and found myself under the guidance of an RAF press photographer. He taught me the basics —...

pic of Mamiya C220, plus a Mamiya C33 and spare lens

23 December, 2025

5 Frames With a Mamiya C220

By Victor Dively

23 December, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Mamiya C220, /

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This past year I decided to focus on black and white film photography and to tackle landscape photography. For me, that has been a hard challenge. My occasional attempts at landscape photography while out hiking and looking for wildlife have alway...

Latest Posts

5 June, 2023

PSA: Leica Acknowledges Batch of Faulty Pressure Plates in New Leica M6 Rangefinder

By Molly Kate

This is a PSA post for photographers interested in purchasing or experiencing issues with the new Leica M6 scratching film. A few weeks ago it was reported to us that Leica had ...

4 June, 2023

EVENT: Alan Marshall’s “Industrial Beauty” Exhibition in Sheffield Finds Humanity in the Extreme

By Molly Kate

An exhibition is being held for the work of industrial photographer, Alan Marshall, at the School of Philosophy in Sheffield until this Friday, June 9, 2023. Marshall’s wo...

4 June, 2023

Balancing the Environmental Impact of Photography

By Simon King

Photography is an intrinsic act of preservation, with the potential to (and examples of) extension of a frozen frame through many decades, after exposure. Photographs have offer...

3 June, 2023

5 Frames with a Voigtlander 21mm Color-Skopar

By Walter Levy

For the majority of my work I generally use a 50mm or 35mm lens, but recently I gave in to temptation and bought a Voigtlander 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar. This Leica screw mount lens...

2 June, 2023

NEWS: Flashback Start-Up Blends Disposable Nostalgia and Digital Sustainability With the ONE35 Camera

By Molly Kate

A new tech startup based in Australia has launched an innovative “non-disposable disposable” camera, the ONE35. Flashback founders Kelric Mullen and Mackenzie Salisb...

2 June, 2023

“Digitalitis” and the Folly of the Pursuit for Perfection

By Marco Andrés

Whenever we use a camera to record a scene, we are transforming analog signals. Each element introduces yet another error, albeit small. The perfect is the enemy of the good ...

2 June, 2023

Rolleiflex 2.8D – Getting to know a Classic – Three Years of Ownership

By Nick Clark

This is not a review, but rather a tale about how I became the custodian of a single-owner 1956 Rolleiflex 2.8D, and some musings on the time I’ve spent with it in the three yea...

1 June, 2023

Not Fitting in a Photography Box

By Jack

People often ask, "What sort of photographer are you? A 'Portrait Photographer'? A 'Wildlife Photographer'? A 'Street Photographer'?" But my range of photographic interests can...

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