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4 November, 2020

The Remains of the Abandoned Microscopy Lab – Shooting Expired Film – Pt 2 – by Ricardo Andrade

By Ricardo Andrade

In this chapter I am going to dig a little deeper into the results of my nonsense endeavour. I will show you some of the images I have obtained while searching for a photographi...

2 November, 2020

Katie Melua on Shooting the “Album No.8” Cover with Film – Interview by Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

Katie Melua's latest album, Album No.8, came out on October 16th. It’s the Georgian-British singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album (hence the name), and also her eighth consec...

30 October, 2020

The Remains of the Abandoned Microscopy Lab – Shooting Expired Film – Pt 1 – by Ricardo Andrade

By Ricardo Andrade

I work as a microscopist in life sciences at the University of the Basque Country, in Bilbao, Northern Spain. I started using microscopes in 1993, while doing my PhD in the fiel...

6 October, 2020

When You Pray, Be Specific – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

It’s another beautiful day in paradise. Dark, and rainy. It’s one of those days that suggest the beauty of film. F-stop wide open, the darkness and grain, the feeling of an impr...

1 October, 2020

Overcoming Creative Block – A Few Tips – By Daniel Sigg

By Daniel Sigg

Creative block has been defined as the mind's inability to access its own creativity. So while creative block is a phenomenon of the mind, it is nevertheless real and plagues ma...

24 September, 2020

The Wet Side – My Early Career in NYC Darkrooms – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

Working as a photographer’s assistant, especially for fashion photographers, got old fast. The first job I had was for a guy, let’s call him Tasso, who turned out to be a… well,...

31 August, 2020

Searching for Relevant Difference in a Digital Commercial World – By Tim Cole

By Tim Cole

I’ve often struggled with the digital age, the chase for visual perfection. Always feeling behind the curve. Hounded constantly by camera brand marketing, ‘to be a great photogr...

24 August, 2020

Film Photography – A Realisation That Cheap Thrills Can Still Be Had!

By Hamish Gill

As with a lot of my articles, the reason I’m writing this is to solidify an idea in my head. That idea is that I have become a bit of a snob, that I’ve lost touch with something...

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