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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

/ photo of the year 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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5 Frames with the Contax TVS, Kono! Art 100 and a Baltic Marina

By Jens

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11 October, 2025

Kodak Ektachrome E100 on Holidays in 2025.

By David Hume

The purpose of this article is to lay to rest my nagging question as to whether there’s any point in me shooting slide film for holiday snaps in 2025. Spoiler alert – my answer ...

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Minox 35 EL review – The Original Minox 35

By Bob Janes

Forty-one years ago, I borrowed this very Minox 35 EL from my father for a trip to Zaragossa. When I came back and had the film developed, I was quite blown away by the quality ...

10 October, 2025

One By Four – A One Shot Story told by four photographers – Part 1

By Scott Ferguson

First, I’d like to thank my fellow 35mmc contributors David Pauley, David Hume and Dean Lawrence for having the temerity to quadruple down on the idea of a dialogue-driven post ...

10 October, 2025

Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review

By Hamish Gill

The Leica iiig is a camera that I have previously been uncertain I would like – I saw it as almost a worst of two worlds option from its era. It’s a camera from a period w...

9 October, 2025

The Littlest Act – Epicureanism, Philosophy, and Shopping Trolleys

By Derek Hope

Often, I find it is easy to simply breeze past the day-to-day sights and sounds of life. We walk into a coffee shop and forget how much we love the smell of espresso. We pass by...

9 October, 2025

A Short Stay Under Hong Kong Skyline

By Eagle Omomuro

Travel photography has never been easy. Nineteen years ago, when I began working as a journalist, my editor told me that a journalist must have a perspective. Simply recording s...

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Lucky C200 vs Colorplus vs Phoenix II

By Chi Zhang

Despite being talked about a lot, there has not been much review about Lucky’s new color negative C200 in the western part of the world since its launch in July in China. ...

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Erik Brammer on Shadows On-Piste – My Best Photo of 2025
Yep, your photograph of the year brings back so many memories of the warm late afternoon glow in the snow…
Klaus Wirz on Through the woods to the shore – My image of the year 2025
Thank you Eric ! I can strongly recommend the destination.
Klaus Wirz on Through the woods to the shore – My image of the year 2025
Scott, thank you very much for your compliment. You’re right—the photograph was taken in that brief and magic moment between…

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