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After retiring two years ago from the Art department of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where I managed the photography facilities for over forty years, I have been...
The Palace of Coudenberg (central Brussels), supposedly one of the finest in Europe, was destroyed by fire in 1731 (CE) and the ruins demolished in the late 18th century to make...
22 July, 2025
Kodachrome 25 K14 – My first and last ever 2 rolls and remembering the ContaxG Pages site
In memory of my friend and mentor Lincoln Michaud born February 12th 1940 in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, p[assed away on March 29th 2015 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Kodachrome They...
21 July, 2025
Adox HR-50 – A Better Aerial Film
One night months ago, I was hunched over my laptop, feeding my film appetite, looking for a store that had Adox HR-50 in stock. I had just stumbled across it while looking for n...
20 July, 2025
Oberwerth M Bag – Worth the Price-tag?
Wherever you’re from, you’ll have probably heard the old adage “variety is the spice of life”. While this is true in many ways, when it comes to photography gear, I’ve always fo...
20 July, 2025
Oto Fūkei – A Photographic Soundscape from Japan
During a vacation in Japan, I found myself instinctively pairing photographs with audio recordings from the same moments and places. I didn’t know what I was making yet, but I l...
19 July, 2025
Meeting Jamel Shabazz – in which a chance encounter turns into a Master Class in street portraiture
Photographing people is easy in an urban setting like New York because they are everywhere. Getting good shots of people, maybe not so easy. In my early days of trying to shoot...
