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Darwin Ghost Town, CA. Hasselblad 503cw on Ilford FP4+.

5 February, 2026

Storytelling with Film

By Mike Amos

5 February, 2026

/ Film Theory, Finding Film Photography, Photography Philosophy, /

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4 June, 2020

5 Frames With a Pentax LX in New York – By Yohan Kim

By Yohan Kim

The first DSLR I bought for myself was a Pentax K-5. I remember walking into a shop hoping to compare what Canon and Nikon had to offer only to walk out with a K-5 later. It jus...

3 June, 2020

The Waitress, the Tarantula, the Body in the Bathtub and Why I Had To Buy My Girlfriend a New Pentax

By Gerard Exupery

The amount of damage was difficult for me to comprehend. The first time, trying to put the debacle into perspective, I thought this must be what it is like to fall out of an air...

3 June, 2020

5 Frames Composed in Layers, with a 35mm Lens – by Simon King

By Simon King

The last piece I wrote featuring images made with this lens was on the topic of its strength when applied to fast paced, from-the-hip shooting situations. This is certainly not ...

2 June, 2020

5 Frames with Ilford HP5+ developed in the Ars Imago Lab-Box – by Andrea Armando

By AndreArma

I live in northwest Italy, a region that has been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Just like millions of people all over the world, I have been socially distancing for the past...

2 June, 2020

At the Machine Boneyard: 10 Frames of Scrap Metal – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

Before I come to the actual topic of this post, the machine boneyard, allow me a short excursion. During these Corona days, I have developed a ritual. As soon as the evening ap...

1 June, 2020

Leica Summicron 35mm v4 vs Voigtlander Nokton 35mm v2 – By Vincent Bihler

By vincentbihler

When I bought my first Leica M4 back in 2014, I decided to couple it with a Nokton 35mm f/1.4 S.C that I bought new (first time of my life I bought anything new). It was a great...

1 June, 2020

Shooting 5×4 with Connie / Reminding myself how easy Large Format Photography is

By Hamish Gill

The other weekend I decided it might be fun to attempt to entertain Connie my 8 year old daughter with some photography. I’ve given her a little point & shoot digital which she ...

31 May, 2020

Lockdown Lumen Pt 2 – Artists around the World Printing with Sunlight

By Sroyon

Lockdown Lumen is a collaborative project by 12 artists in 8 different countries in various stages of COVID-19 lockdown. Using the medium of lumen, an alternative process which ...

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