When I was maybe six years old, my father introduced me to Nathan's. We had dropped off his mother at her what was to me dreary apartment. That woman never seemed happy to me, a...
15 April, 2020
Why I might hate these old negatives – By Gerard Exupery
Pinball machines; depending on your age, you might know all about them. Once, considered so evil that New York City banned them. Wasted youths (juvenile delinquents) spent days ...
I’ve spent this last week or so doing all sorts of alien things. We’ve had to make arrangements to temporarily close The Kiln, the coworking space I run, all of my staff at F8 (...
1 March, 2020
Deciding on My Favourite 5 Frames From 2019 (And Maybe A couple of Sneaky Extras) – By Gavin Bain
I dedicated the month of December 2019 to curating a zine I planned to self publish simply titled "two thousand nineteen". My goal for this zine was to compile my absolute favou...
27 February, 2020
Some Thoughts and Experiences in Favor of the Price Hikes on Film – Steven Bleistein
Every time a manufacturer like Kodak or Fujifilm announces a price rise on one or more film stocks, there is a lot of howling online, whether in the comment sections of articles...
24 February, 2020
The (Lack of) Value in (my) Photography (and negatives) – In the Dark Shed – with John Whitmore (VIDEO)
A few months back I visited John Whitmore (@thedarkshed on Twitter). A the time, I was in the depths of my photography funk, so decided it might be nice to try and snap myself o...
No worthwhile art ever escapes at least some controversy of some kind from some people at some time. Even Ansel Adams, whom no one would likely consider controversial, was no st...
9 February, 2020
Thanks for the memories – Finishing a Roll of Neopan 1600 I started in 2012 – by Dave Donnelly
I guess it was bound to happen, too many film cameras loaded at the same time and lots happening. Having three Olympus OM10s plus a similar looking OM1 can be confusing, As a r...
