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27 November, 2025

5 Frames, No Kings

By Scott Ferguson

27 November, 2025

/ Ilford Film, Ilford XP2, Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Film, Kodak Gold 200, Leica M3, Protest Photography, /

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Ricoh GX200 – the GR Digital Zoom

By Javier Martínez Delgue

The Ricoh GX200 is a camera that, despite not having been officially part of the GR family, was conceptualized and designed as if it were. In 2007, Ricoh took the essence of its...

21 August, 2025

5 frames from my first roll of Kentmere 200

By Roger

On the basis that with a new film it’s useful to see as many examples as possible, here are 5 frames from my first (half) roll of Kentmere 200. I put a roll in my Olympus ...

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Beyond Death and Film Photography

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I got into film photography at a time in my life when I was not at my best; and one of my reasons for working with film at that time ties into that headspace. I haven’t re...

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5 frames with my Minox 35GT

By Daimon Tilley

I first got interested in photography in around 1982, at the tender age of 15, saving my pocket money to buy a Zenit EM, and three years later, having started work, a Minolta X3...

20 August, 2025

Earth, Air, Fire and Water – in Sapporo

By Geoff Chaplin

A two-day relaxing trip to Sapporo, Japan – at least as relaxing as 70,000 steps of photo-walks can be in 31°C. The title emerged from the images I happened to take rather than ...

19 August, 2025

Fujifilm Velvia 50 and an Aesthetic of Necessity

By David Hume

I’ve recently been digging through folders and shoeboxes, looking for photos I shot in Venice in January 1995. That was a painting trip, but of course I took some cameras with m...

19 August, 2025

5 frames with a Panasonic GX9 and Olympus 135mm manual lens – Compact gig cam

By Charles Higham

I haven’t taken a camera with me to a concert before but as I was lucky enough to have a front row seat to see Natalie Umbruglia and The Corrs I thought this was a good opportun...

18 August, 2025

Robert Frank’s View in Butte, Montana – One Shot Story

By John Bennett

When my wife, Darby, and I mapped out our recent road trip through the American West, it was not our intention to follow the same route that Robert Frank took in the mid-1950s w...

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