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16 July, 2018

Some of my Favourite Film Photographers – Simon King

By Simon King

When I first started shooting film it was as a side project, a hobby and as a way to explore the analog side of photography - around which such mysticism and cult exists. I expe...

12 July, 2018

The Photos Not Taken – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Please move along,” the man said. I had wanted to photograph the door he opened, of the brownstone on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, along a quiet residential street on an a...

4 May, 2018

Photography as Social Activity – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I increasingly appreciate the social aspect of photography. Although I belong among the admirers of Vivian Maier — who could not be fascinated by the story of the street photogr...

23 March, 2018

One Good Photo of Everybody – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Now as never before I like looking at people. My obsession with taking photos has made me much more interested in other people. I have to be careful not to stare at strangers. B...

14 March, 2018

Forward Motion – On the Road with Saint Etienne – By Mike Monaghan

By Mike Monaghan

My career behind the drums first took me on the road some 7 or so years back and since then I’ve had the good fortune to tour as far and wide as America, Europe, China an...

23 February, 2018

“Are You a Photographer?” – By Frank Wu

By frankhwu

“Are you a photographer?” the woman seated next to me on the airplane asked. She had spied my camera bag with two bodies and three extra lenses. “Are you a model?” I replied, a...

26 January, 2018

The Short Life of Tri-X Man – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I am not the person I thought I was. When I got back into film photography, shooting a Contax G2, I envisioned myself loading it with roll upon roll of Kodak Tri-X black and whi...

13 January, 2018

The Contrarian with the Contax – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I am a contrarian. When I was looking to start again in film photography, I knew immediately that I wanted a vintage Contax G2. My goal was to have a camera that was compact eno...

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