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26 November, 2025

One By Four – A One Shot Story Told by Four Photographers – Part 3

By Dean Lawrence

26 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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After Scott Ferguson and David Hume’s posts a short while back and the comments within them, I was surprised to be asked to contribute. Surprised and terrified to be honest, but it has been a wonderful experience. I don’t have the expe...

26 November, 2025

No Kings – My photo of the year (so far) 2025

By Art Meripol

26 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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This photo was also part of a recent post I shared here on 35mmc. Apologies for sharing it twice in quick succession, but this image also fits the idea of my favorite photo of the year. I’ve shot almost 50 commercial jobs this year but this ...

26 November, 2025

One By Four: a One Shot Story told by Four Photographers – Part 4

By David Pauley

26 November, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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Winter Sunlight, NYC, 2025. Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss Planar f2.8, light yellow filter. Tri-X 400. This post is the final installment of a four-way conversation between Scott Ferguson, David Hume, Dean Lawrence, and myself on four photographs from ou...

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Antwerp

27 February, 2025

TLR Challenge: 6 – Antwerp

By Geoff Chaplin

We visited Antwerp on a couple of occasions, checking the weather forecast looking for a better alternative than cloudy and dull, but sometimes you just have to go with cloudy a...

26 February, 2025

Making Pictures Pop with a Holga and Infrared Film

By Neal Wellons

As you will see, these are not your typical Holga shots. High contrast gives the subjects a sharp and eye-catching look that comes from using a Holga with infrared film. You c...

26 February, 2025

When Nothingness Stares Back

By Julian Tanase

Half hidden under the southern archway of the Salzburg Cathedral, this statue is a grim representation of a cloaked, well, empty figure. The onlookers are left wondering what or...

Canon EOS Rebel 2000 35mm film SLR camera

25 February, 2025

5 frames in Orlando with the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 SLR and Ilford HP-5 Plus film

By Scott Bassett

I’ve been away from film photography for decades. As a teen in the 1970’s, I carried my Ricoh SLR with me almost everywhere. By the time I reached college, the Ricoh was u...

25 February, 2025

5 frames with a Leica M4-2, 35mm Summilux and Ektachrome

By henry green

Hello, my name is Henry, I am 22 years old, and I live in Bristol. By day I work in a coffee roastery and by night I take photographs. I have been shooting for about 3 years now...

24 February, 2025

To Do or To Own? (or the Photographer’s Dilemma)

By Andrea Monti

To Own or To Do is the photographer’s version of Erich Fromm’s dilemma posed in his famous essay, ‘To Have or to Be’. I don’t have the authority to...

24 February, 2025

Canon 7 and a Industar 26m – Initial thoughts and experiences

By Tony Warren

Canon 7 with Industar 26M. Sample photos.

23 February, 2025

A Final Chapter for Large Format

By Tony Warren

Linhof Super Technika. Komamura Woodman 45. Large format.

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