12 July, 2018
The Photos Not Taken – by Frank H. Wu
“Please move along,” the man said. I had wanted to photograph the door he opened, of the brownstone on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, along a quiet residential street on an a...
4 May, 2018
Photography as Social Activity – By Frank H. Wu
I increasingly appreciate the social aspect of photography. Although I belong among the admirers of Vivian Maier — who could not be fascinated by the story of the street photogr...
23 March, 2018
One Good Photo of Everybody – by Frank H. Wu
Now as never before I like looking at people. My obsession with taking photos has made me much more interested in other people. I have to be careful not to stare at strangers. B...
I thought it would be worthwhile to express, as explicitly as possible, what it is that causes me to enjoy film photography more than I enjoy its digital imitation. Although I k...
23 February, 2018
“Are You a Photographer?” – By Frank Wu
“Are you a photographer?” the woman seated next to me on the airplane asked. She had spied my camera bag with two bodies and three extra lenses.
“Are you a model?” I replied, a...
9 February, 2018
It’s Not the Camera – by Frank H. Wu
Deep Springs College, a photo by me of the same place as photographed by professional Sam Contis As a teacher (my day job), I have tried to avoid ever saying that any question f...
26 January, 2018
The Short Life of Tri-X Man – by Frank H. Wu
I am not the person I thought I was. When I got back into film photography, shooting a Contax G2, I envisioned myself loading it with roll upon roll of Kodak Tri-X black and whi...
13 January, 2018
The Contrarian with the Contax – By Frank H. Wu
I am a contrarian. When I was looking to start again in film photography, I knew immediately that I wanted a vintage Contax G2. My goal was to have a camera that was compact eno...