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14 November, 2025

The Rise And Fall of Pizzeria Liceo – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

14 November, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Portra 160, pentax z-20, /

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For decades, it was established in 1963, not only the students of the Liceo Classico on the other side of Via Venezia, but almost all the inhabitants of my hometown, paid a visit to Pizzeria Liceo (aptly named after the aforementioned school). Tru...

Stone igloo

14 November, 2025

A Stone Igloo – My favourite photo of 2025

By Mark Ellerby

14 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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This photo was taken whilst on a hike with my local walking group, the Sheffield 40s/50s ramblers group, with my Rollei 35T that often comes with me on daywalks, because of its compact size and quality Tessar lens, and which I wrote about on this ...

14 November, 2025

Olympus Pen F 40mm G.Zuiko f1.4 and Rollei Retro 400s – My experience with this iconic camera

By Ibraar Hussain

14 November, 2025

/ Half Frame Camera, Olympus Pen F, Olympus SLR, SLR Camera, /

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This post was one of my first few on 35mmc, that’s after lurking for a few years before I plucked up enough courage and audacity to get some of my photos and writing published. I have to thank Hamish for allowing me to express myself here. I...

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18 December, 2022

An Experimental Collage Project with the Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic – By Erin O’Leary

By Erin O'Leary

I have always been attracted to instant photography ever since my classmate produced a series of Polaroid collages for his senior project back in 2010. I loved his work; however...

17 December, 2022

5 Frames In Croatia with a Zenit-E & Kodak 200 – By Andrew Hutchinson

By Andrew Hutchinson

Once upon a moment, I was wandering through a Croatian fruit & veg market in the city of Split. I was strolling through distracted by which vendor I would buy figs & grapes from...

16 December, 2022

UK Airports to Install CT X-Ray Scanner Technology by 2024

By Molly Kate

The Department for Transport (UK) announced this week that CT scanning technology will be phased in at UK airports over the next two years, according to the legislation they rel...

16 December, 2022

ZHong Yi Lens Turbo II Review – The Cure – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

According to Google Translate, “zhong yi” means “traditional Chinese medicine” and it did indeed cure one of my photographic afflictions. Around 20 years ago, at eye watering c...

15 December, 2022

NEWS: Lomography Creates Free Film Scan Conversion Tool – The Lomo DigitaLIZA Lab

By Molly Kate

The Lomo DigitaLIZA Lab by Lomography is a new film scan inversion tool that is completely free! Simply upload images to the online site and convert any type of film scan in a f...

15 December, 2022

Storytelling with Three Lenses or Fewer – A Rangefinder Workflow – by Simon King

By Simon King

Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...

14 December, 2022

NEWS: 2023 Pixii Camera with World’s First 64-Bit Processor and True Monochrome

By Molly Kate

A world first, Pixii released its latest model with a new 64-bit processor. Model A2572 is the current iteration of the m-mount, manual focus Pixii Camera

14 December, 2022

Godox Lux Senior with B/W negative film – by Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

The photo above shows a Voigtlander Vito B with bulb flash, which was the kit I used in the 60's for my interior photos and my current camera with what looks like a very similar...

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