David Pauley

I'm a Brooklyn-based photographer and psychoanalyst. My journey with film photography began in middle school in the late 1970s and revived in 2019 when I bought a used film camera and installed a darkroom in my basement. Slowing photography down while embracing the quirks and limitations of this 150+ year old medium have been revelatory to me, changing the way I see the world. Although I do shoot color, my first passion is for black and white photography and darkroom printing. For 2025 I've decided to use just one film camera to document the year. You can reach me at [email protected].

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21 January, 2025

Heads or Tails? My Camera Choice for 2025

By David Pauley

Having sketched out the reasons for my decision to commit to just one camera for the New Year in a previous post, I’ll now walk through the various contenders and reveal m...