6 October, 2020
When You Pray, Be Specific – By Gerard Exupery
It’s another beautiful day in paradise. Dark, and rainy. It’s one of those days that suggest the beauty of film. F-stop wide open, the darkness and grain, the feeling of an impr...
24 September, 2020
The Wet Side – My Early Career in NYC Darkrooms – By Gerard Exupery
Working as a photographer’s assistant, especially for fashion photographers, got old fast. The first job I had was for a guy, let’s call him Tasso, who turned out to be a… well,...
26 August, 2020
My Friend Jim – By Gerard Exupery
This is my friend Jim. Jim was one of those people who understood what it is like to yearn for something big where his talents could go. He was a musician and writer and even wr...
12 August, 2020
Artefacts of a Laboratory – Adapting an enlarging lens to a Sony DSLR – By Jordi Fradera
This story began when a few days ago I looked for the entry “Photography” in the well-known DUDEN thematic dictionary (Bildwörterbush of Duden - Leipzig 1940 - also published in...
The 1960s and '70s were good times for hobbyists in the USA. Chemicals, electronic parts, and optical supplies were widely available - in some ways more so than they are today. ...
I’ve just started shipping pixl-latr - a product I launched on Kickstarter in June 2018 with an expected delivery date of September the same year. In short, I’m 22 months behind...
20 July, 2020
Death in the Camera Store / Learning to See On the Other Side of Fear – By Gerard Exupery
I am standing with my fingers knitted together, resting on the top of my head. A few feet away, there is a gun pointed at my face, and I'm trying like I've never tried anything ...
Like many people, my experience with photography started before a digital alternative existed. We remember that time, when most people didn’t have a cell phone and most pictures...