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17 February, 2022

Learning To Lean Into Life’s Unknowns – by Brian Cox

By brian m cox

This project started as a way to get back to basics and mend my sometimes volatile relationship with photography. I love photography and camera’s equally. They are like childre...

16 February, 2022

All Analogue: a Digital-Free Experience of Film Photography – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

Last week I received a message from someone who happened upon my website. They had read that I shoot both digital and film, but could only find examples of digital photos. Where...

9 February, 2022

You Don’t Have to Be a Good Photographer to Be a Good Photographer – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

I know, I know. The title makes no sense, and no doubt comes across as silly. But let me assure you, it is genuine. I simply did not know how to phrase the thing I hope to expre...

8 February, 2022

A Tale of Two Processes – Quality Coffee and Film Photography – by Cody Allen

By Cody Allen

As a fan of manual processes that have since become more automated over the span of history, I couldn’t help pondering the similarities between two of my main interests; quality...

2 February, 2022

Time, Zen and My Father’s Camera – By Eric Charles Jones

By Eric Charles Jones

The trouble is, you think you have time. – Buddha Old cameras have always held a special place in my heart. Especially, the classic cameras of the past that were often built l...

30 January, 2022

The Benefits of (B&W) Polyester Film – By Emanuel Hentes

By Emanuel Hentes

It has (much) better archival qualities. That’s it. That’s why it's so great. The rest of the article just expands on that idea. Assumptions I am implicitly assuming you agree ...

26 January, 2022

Building a Darkroom From the Ground Up – By Katie Cooper

By Katie Cooper

Lockdown 2020 was a blessing in (a very big) disguise, as it gave me the opportunity to research, build and begin work on creating a darkroom. My passion for analogue photograp...

24 January, 2022

Latent Postmodernism and The Act of Photography: Deconstructing the Yashica Y35 – By Michael Kaplan

By Michael Kaplan

I have been involved in some aspect of photography for forty-five years. I was 15 when I took my first precarious steps attempting to understand the complex simplicity of a pinh...

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