Traveling Yashica (& other cameras) Archives

30 November, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Daniel VanDurmen – Tulsa, OK. USA

By Daniel VanDurmen

I’d been waiting patiently, almost forgetting about it entirely, but the Traveling Yashica finally arrived to me, safe and sound, last week. David Lee, in Korea, who I&#x...

30 November, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Jonas Lundström in Gothenburg, Sweden

By Jonas Lundström

Finally, I present my roll from the Traveling Yashica! In retrospect I should have shot another roll because I didn’t feel like the two days I spent with actually shooting...

8 August, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Moni Smith, Portland, Oregon U.S.A.

By Moni Smith

One morning at the end of September of last year my friend Inge told me about the Traveling Yashica project. She was going to join and thought I might be interested too. I did a...

28 July, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Antonella Guarracino, Dublin

By Antonella Guarracino

If you, like me, have every now and then contemplated shooting street photography but have been held back by a sense of uneasiness at the thought of driving attention to yoursel...

18 June, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Mark Buckley, Cheltenham

By Mark Buckley

I embraced the travelling Yashica at the start of February, being based in the heart of the Cotswolds I was hoping to take the little camera on a journey through the rambling co...

23 April, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Bryan Tyler, Kentucky

By Brian Tyler

Hello, I’m Brian Tyler from Louisville, Kentucky. Also known as the guy that lost the Yashica for almost a whole month. First of all, I would like to send my utmost apolog...

23 April, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Alex Redman, England

By Alex Redman

My time with The Traveling Yashica was brief but one of the best film photography moments I’ve had. I had managed to get myself into The Traveling Yashica project just as ...

19 April, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Julián Péter, Slovakia

By Julián Péter

“Your package has been withheld by the Customs Office of Slovakia.” It is late January and I journey across the city to retrieve the camera. After much waiting and ...

Simon Foale on Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Thanks Jeff. By forgettable I really just mean 'not celebrated or fussed over' (even as 'vintage' lenses). And definitely not…
Jeff T. on Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Beautiful photos. Forgettable lenses--that's a little puzzling to me. At first I thought you meant lenses that weren't very good,…
Simon Foale on Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Let us know how it goes! The RR on my grandfather's Kodak was the first uncoated lens I have used.…

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