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25 May, 2025

Photographing the Acropolis with an Antique Roll of Film

By David Pauley

25 May, 2025

/ Expired Film, Orwo Film, Orwo NP22, /

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Ibraar Hussain on Photographing the Acropolis with an Antique Roll of Film
Thanks for this, enjoyed reading about your experience and the Film gives the monuments and ruins a timeless look! brilliant!
Jeffery Luhn on The Aesthetic Qualities of BW Film Images – by Marco Dughera
Marco, Ansel said, "The negative is the score and the print is the performance." I heard him say this in…
Martin on Photographing the Acropolis with an Antique Roll of Film
Fine read, thanks a lot. The shredding noise was most likely Zeus reminding that he's still in charge there ;-)

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