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A black & white photo of a two skiers on a ski slope, with long afternoon shadows.

14 December, 2025

Shadows On-Piste – My Best Photo of 2025

By Harrison Matthew

14 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, travel photography, /

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My name is Harrison Matthew, and I am a hobbyist photographer with one foot each in film and digital, preferring rangefinders and always looking for ways to bury myself further in the photographic process. I took what I believe to be my best photo...

Forest, woman, sea, sunset

14 December, 2025

Through the woods to the shore – My image of the year 2025

By Klaus Wirz

14 December, 2025

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Since the reunification of Germany, traveling to the Baltic Sea beyond the former border has become uncomplicated, and I was one of the first to visit these places—frozen in time—as a tourist and have returned since then at least once a year. Befo...

14 December, 2025

Vintage Glass Plates – From Test to Print

By Tristan Colgate-McFarlane

14 December, 2025

/ Alternative Process, Glass Plate, ilford FP4+, /

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While an analogue photography habit can help us avoid the relentless tide of technological progress, it would be delusional to suggest it helps us (or me at least), avoid Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Despite owning most varieties of medium format ca...

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Front of Ricoh FF-9SD

12 December, 2025

Ricoh FF-9SD Limited – Travails of a Transparent Camera in Central Asia

By Keith A Yeo

My grandfather had many cameras, he kept them in an old 1980s dry box, and it was only when he was spluttering with edema from his congestive heart failure did we even talk abou...

11 December, 2025

Panasonic C—D 2200 ZM – Round Two

By Tony Warren

Panasonic C-D 2200 ZM, repairing light leak

11 December, 2025

Scarborough – My photograph of the year 2025.

By Steviemac

This picture was one of those happy instances of being in the right place when a subject placed itself right in front of me. The Mod couple were riding along the seafront at Sca...

11 December, 2025

In the Land of Fjords – Finding Scale with the XPan

By Tom Kluyver

Landscapes are a tough sell for me. I’m not a dedicated landscape photographer, and all too often, I find myself tiring of my own vista shots over time. My house only has ...

10 December, 2025

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case

By Andrea Monti

For shooting Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Teatro Marrucino, I took a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 lens as a backup for long shots. Master Adriano Lolli replaced the origina...

10 December, 2025

Predator Or Vampire: A Revision of Mozart’s Don Giovanni

By Andrea Monti

Yesterday night I was on the (back)stage of Teatro Marrucino for the premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as always in my capacity of official photographer, with the goal of docum...

Singapore's Tiong Bahru Neighborhood

10 December, 2025

A Stroll Through Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Neighborhood with a roll of Kodak Double-X

By Danai

It was the last day of my trip to Singapore for a conference, and I was hoping to make the most of it photographically. After being stuck indoors for the past couple of days, I ...

9 December, 2025

Some thoughts on Sourcing Vintage Cameras and Lenses

By Marco Andrés

Image from a listing of the Voigtländer Vitoret 110 EL How many different ways are there to source a vintage camera or lens? While there are more than just these five, I will ju...

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Dan Cuny on Ilford Advocate Camera – A wonderful street camera
Kello Kevin, Thank you for your comment. The lens on the Advocate is really nice. I hope the digital conversion…
Scott Ferguson on Through the woods to the shore – My image of the year 2025
Hi Klaus, What a wonderful image, only enhanced by the historic context. The mix of conditions with heavy fog shrouding…
Scott Ferguson on Danse Macabre – my favorite photo of 2025
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