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© Phil Maxwell, The Kiss, Brick Lane Laundrette, early 1980s. Shot on an Olympus XA2.

26 June, 2026

Phil Maxwell, the Olympus XA2, and the Street as Theatre

By Shafiur Rahman

26 June, 2026

/ Camera Theory, Olympus XA2, Phil Maxwell, /

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I have known Phil Maxwell for about sixteen years. For a period, we both had studios in Spitalfields, in that strange zone where the East End was still recognisably itself but was also being remade, priced up, polished, and thinned out. Phil had a...
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15 June, 2025

Riding and shooting the Warriors Race 2002

By Ryan Gardiner Johnson

On Saturday Night August 24, 2002 there was an overnight bike race (fun ride) in New York. The ride was based on the cult film “The Warriors” where NYC gangs travel ...
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An Icelandic Horse doing a super-smooth "Tolt" as its rider holds a stein of beer without spilling a drop.

12 June, 2025

A Horse of Five Gaits – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Yes, in the above still from a short Fuji F31fd video, the rider is carrying a full stein of fine Icelandic beer! And she’s on a native Icelandic Horse. Reputedly, the pur...
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Elderly gentleman

11 June, 2025

My five rules for taking street portraits

By David Smith

“Being nervous isn’t bad. It just means something important is happening.” — Michael Jordan Asking someone on the street for their portrait is a bit like asking someone on a dat...
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10 June, 2025

Fragments of Life – A One Shot Story

By Ibraar Hussain

For there upon a bed of soft wool lay the most splendid jewel, a jewel such as Dyson had never dreamed of, and within it shone the blue of far skies, and the green of the sea by...
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