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29 January, 2021

Entering Solitude, or helping myself publish with a #FullRollFriday post – By Theo Swinscow

By Theo Swinscow

I’ve realised recently that I don’t share my photos enough. I show pictures of my daughter to my family, but other than that, I have basically no audience. Almost all my spare t...

26 January, 2021

Magnum Contact Sheets – Book Review – by Holly Gilman and Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

The average 35mmc reader perhaps needs no introduction either to Magnum, or to the concept of contact sheets. But just in case, Magnum Photos, founded in Paris in 1947, is one o...

17 January, 2021

Northern Sustainable Darkroom: Helping Analogue Go Green – By Edd Carr

By Edd Carr

When you think of analogue photography - certain things come to mind. The beautiful dance of grain, the methodical snap of a 1960s shutter, and the red light of a still darkroom...

4 January, 2021

Photography vs. Cameras and a Full Spectrum Fuji X100 In the Mist

By Hamish Gill

I have two hobbies: Cameras and Photography. I’ve warbled on about this before, but recently experienced a situation where the difference between the two felt really quite tangi...

28 December, 2020

Photography Theory and Practice – A Collaborative Project

By Sroyon

Do you like reading, and if so, does your reading influence your photography? I recently joined a Facebook group called Photography Books and Theory. Members sometimes post quot...

27 December, 2020

Breaking a Rut With A Return To Film – By Chris Ledda

By Chris Ledda

Back in April as the pandemic raged, a quiet chord of inspiration struck me. I made the conscious decision to start shooting on film again. It had been awhile, I’d estimate some...

21 December, 2020

Kodachrome 64 – Digitising for the “Look”? – By David Hume

By David Hume

It started with a kiss… You see, my wedding photos are on Kodachrome 64 (PKR). Just one roll, and a roll of HP5 as well. My brother-in-law and I shot them between us. I processe...

10 December, 2020

Memories Lost, Memories Created, Memories Kept – By Jim Grey

By Jim Grey

Photographs restore lost memories and anchor tenuous ones. Through them I catalog my memories and arrange them into timelines. They help me create life narratives in retrospect....

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