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BOXX camera and example print

16 June, 2026

The Science Behind the [BOXX] Black & White Reversal Process

By Dave Faulkner

16 June, 2026

/ Alfie [BOXX], Alternative Process, black and white reversal, /

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After Hamish’s review of our new [BOXX] camera, there was a lot of interest in the Black and White reversal process we are using. With only a few days to go before the [BOXX] Kickstarter closes, I wanted to do a deep dive about why we chose the pr...

16 June, 2026

Home away from home

By Julian Tanase

16 June, 2026

/ Documentary Photography, /

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Ubi bene Ibi patria. This old Latin saying is stating a truth, universally known, applicable in ancient and modern times alike: wherever you find a better life, that’s where your home is. Indeed, it is true, for so many humans who, for various rea...

16 June, 2026

Three Films, One Orchestra, One Weekend

By Ian Myers

16 June, 2026

/ ae-1, Documentary Photography, Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Ilford Film, ilford HP5+, Nikon FE, Pentax ME Super, /

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Orchestras run on two things. Music and food. Most documentation skips the food. Concert halls, polished instruments, formal attire — that’s what ends up in the frame. But I wanted to start in the car park outside the community centre, durin...

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24 December, 2025

Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

By Andrea Monti

In the heart of Iya Valley, in Tokushima Prefeture, lies Nagoro, the Scarecrow Village. Half a ghost-town, half a still inhabited place, Nagoro’s main population is compos...

24 December, 2025

Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025

By John Bennett

I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram...

24 December, 2025

5 Frames From The “Uncanny Valley” Training Town in Gravesend – by Simon King

By Simon King

The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre (MPSTC) in Gravesend is a surreal space. It’s a ghost town built as a backdrop for organised chaos, a stage set for practicing...

23 December, 2025

High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025

By John Eaton

Like others on 35mmc, I was immediately attracted by Hamish’s invitation to submit one’s favorite photo of the year – in my case because I believed that I had just shot it in ea...

23 December, 2025

Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

As it is customary in Japanese Shinto shrines, also the Heian Jingu in Kyoto has an area where bad luck is left hanging in the open. 御御籤 —o-mikuji—are small strips of paper t...

The Carousel Bar

23 December, 2025

The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year

By Jonathan Murray

Photography has been part of my life for half a century. At thirteen, living on Royal Air Force Base Akrotiri in Cyprus, I joined the base photography club and found myself unde...

pic of Mamiya C220, plus a Mamiya C33 and spare lens

23 December, 2025

5 Frames With a Mamiya C220

By Victor Dively

This past year I decided to focus on black and white film photography and to tackle landscape photography. For me, that has been a hard challenge. My occasional attempts at land...

the image is purely decorative

22 December, 2025

The Immediate, the Medium, the Media & the Median.

By Peter Ots

In 2013, Impossible Project first teased — and then actually delivered — a miracle device: the Instant Lab, which printed onto Polaroid film. Reviews and press coverage savored ...

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