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4 August, 2025

Crazy email nonsense – A quick note to contributors

By Hamish Gill

4 August, 2025

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Apologies for the onslaught of email notifications today. We lost them all over the weekend, but when the dev guys attempted to fix this, they swung the needle too far the other way and everyone got all the notifications. Unfortunately, the signif...

4 August, 2025

Five by Two: Two Photographers Look at Five Frames

By David Pauley

4 August, 2025

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I want to start by thanking my fellow Brooklyner and 35mmc contributor Scott Ferguson for inviting me to join him in a new twist on a “Five Frames” presentation where we take turns talking about five frames of each other’s work. ...

4 August, 2025

Five by Two: Two Photographers Look at Five Frames

By Scott Ferguson

4 August, 2025

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By way of introduction, fellow contributor David Pauley and I are doing a variation on the “Five Frames” post where I will be leading a conversation about five frames of David’s, and he will look at five frames of mine in a companion post. This id...

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By Eric

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By CHRISTOF RAMPITSCH

For this 5 Frames, we’re going to a small suburban forest with mostly Aspen and Oak trees and lots of paths. Athough there are loads of birds and other animals there, I come for...

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