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An image of a snowy day in New York City. The subject is a silhouette of a man walking up stairs. In the background, snow covered trees and cars are visible. In the foreground, falling snow and walls frame the subject.

31 March, 2026

Out in a Blizzard – a One Shot Stoy

By Elijah Peña

31 March, 2026

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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19 February, 2024

Thypoch Simera 35mm ASPH review

By vincentbihler

People who know me well, as a photographer, know that I love fast 35mm lenses, especially when they remain relatively compact. My two grails have remained unchanged for some tim...

18 February, 2024

NEWS: Film Photography News Round-Up – February 18, 2024

By Molly Kate

Today we are bringing you a new format for the news! For the near future, rather than individual articles for each story, we are going to test out a one summary piece with all t...

18 February, 2024

A Wet and Misty Thames Walk with a Leica iiig and 50mm Summar

By Geoff Chaplin

A walk with a Leica iiig from the late 1960s (recently restored by PPP cameras) and Summar lens from the 1930s, at first finishing off a Silvermax roll then Fomapan 100 and RPX ...

17 February, 2024

5 (square) frames with a Zeiss Ikon Tenax I and Ilford XP2 Super

By Stuart Jenkins

For a while I’d been looking for a nice 35mm camera that would shoot square 24x24mm frames. It’s a format that appeals to me, because you never have to turn the came...

16 February, 2024

Trying Darkroom Printing for the First Time

By Ted Ayre

Well, it’s been quite a journey down the rabbit-hole of film photography! Can you believe it’s been over a year since I first started? I’ve gone from writing &...

16 February, 2024

5 Frames with Five Fifties and a Leica SL (Typ 601)

By Marc Volovic

The bearded man passed the grey box to me. It was heavy, heavier than I expected. It also had it inside. It sensed I had it and it called to me. I hefted the box, looking uncert...

15 February, 2024

5 Frames in Greece with the Contax T3

By Chantel Wakefield

First: WOW. What a privilege to even type the title of this one. Me? Jetting off to Greece? For 10 days? With a Contax T3?! Yeah, that happened. I stuffed my essentials in a sin...

15 February, 2024

5-ish Frames with a Kodak Tourist II

By Art Meripol

Like many photographers who have been shooting for years I have a cabinet of old cameras. Some were given to me as gifts and quite a few are cameras I used in my work over the y...

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