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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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25 February, 2021

Street Portraits of Bike Messengers – Standing by with the Rollei 35 SE – Trevor Hughes

By Trevor Hughes

This is a look back at a series I photographed while working as a bike messenger in Toronto in the 1990’s. All the images in the article were taken with a Rollei 35 SE. It occu...

24 February, 2021

NEWS: Harman EZ-35 Motorised Reusable Camera Announced

By Josh Foster

Over recent years there has been a small flurry of reusable cameras popping up all with a similar spec and design attempting to be a more eco-friendly answer to disposables. Sti...

24 February, 2021

Finding My Analogue Groove – By Laura Cogan

By Laura Cogan

I’m Laura, also known as @hassywonderland on Instagram and this is an introduction to me and my journey through photography that’s led to my current style of shooting analogue. ...

23 February, 2021

Chinon Auto 2001 & Kodak VR35 K14 Review – Vision of the Future From the Past – By Thang Nguyen

By Thang Nguyen

This is a review of the Chinon Auto 2001 & Kodak VR35 K14 - the Kodak VR35 K14 is a rebranded and slightly tweaked Chinon 2001. It was apparent that the 80’s was the decade...

22 February, 2021

Bokeh as the Subject (in Photos and Writing)

By Hamish Gill

One of the things I most enjoy about writing for this website is how much creativity it allows me. I started writing this post before, but ended up getting distracted and writin...

22 February, 2021

An Experiment in Looking at Photographs – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Most days I look at dozens, maybe hundreds of photographs, but I often look so quickly and superficially that it's like I'm not really looking at all. The problem is especially ...

21 February, 2021

5 Frames with Ricoh XR-2s and Kentmere 400 – By Mihai Sictir

By Mihai Sictir

I'm Mihai, I'm a multidisciplinary artist who's studying right now at Coventry University in Coventry, UK. I started to take pictures in 2017 and started to study last year. My ...

20 February, 2021

5 Frames with the Cheapest Leica I Could Find & a Roll of HP5+ – By Lawrence Pitman

By Lawrence Pitman

I’ve been shooting film for about a year and a half now, mostly when I don’t feel like using my Fuji X-H1 with, predominantly, the XF 56mm f/1.2. It started when I walked into a...

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Gary Smith on Photographing the Acropolis with an Antique Roll of Film
David, it seems that you did well with your gifted film. I particularly like the shot entitled: "Caryatids on the…
Scott Ferguson on The Aesthetic Qualities of BW Film Images – by Marco Dughera
Hi Marco, Great post and I love the quotes that mirror/enhance some of my instinctive ideas about why I like…
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!

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