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16 December, 2025

Country Church – My photo of the year 2025

By Leon Winnert

16 December, 2025

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I have always found myself being drawn to churches. Particularly small country churches. I don’t really seek them out. Mostly I just happen across them. Nevertheless, I was out and about with a camera in the late afternoon of a Sunday in late A...

16 December, 2025

Three-Card Monte in Rome – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

16 December, 2025

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Every now and then, Three-Card Monte scammers appear in unexpected places such as the narrow cobblestone streets between the Parliament and the Pantheon, in the centre of Rome. This was a textbook execution. The game was fast-paced. Hooks pretende...

16 December, 2025

Exploring an Empty Art Gallery – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Gordon Ownby

16 December, 2025

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In 2025, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of quality time with my photography, not only taking the most keepers in nearly 10 years but also adding some vintage Nikon kit to the stable. (Nikon was my aspirational brand when I was photo editor o...

16 December, 2025

Hedeco Spot One Review – New Compact Spot Meter Launched on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

16 December, 2025

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Hedeco have just launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Hedeco Spot One spot meter. This is a brand new, compact sized, well featured spot meter that’s been designed to make spot metering a more viable option for those who don’t want to car...

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11 May, 2025

The April 5 Protests Photographed from the Waist – My Rolleiflex Joins the Fray

By David Pauley

My Rolleiflex and I joined a crowd of a hundred thousand for the NYC “Hands Off” protests on April 5th (there were hundreds of parallel events in the U.S. and around...

Oxidorphines

10 May, 2025

Oxidorphines – the decaying beauty of corrosion

By BRUNO SAGUER

Oxidorphines is my journey, as an amateur, into the final breath of ships, into the rust that clings to their skin and the stories that sink with them. It is not merely a portra...

9 May, 2025

New ad partner incoming – can you help support the site with a few pennies a month?

By Hamish Gill

Those who follow the website will likely be familiar with my ongoing headaches with adverts – specifically with how, when and where they are displayed on the website. The ...

9 May, 2025

5 Frames with a Large Format Camera – The Death of a Giant

By CHRISTOF RAMPITSCH

I didn’t know that this silo’s days were numbered, I just liked the baked, dusty “Wall-E” vibe – if you ignore the plants (there weren’t any on Wall-E’s earth). Although the Int...

8 May, 2025

An unforgettable photo of passing through the divine light in the temple-A One-shot story

By David Wu

It is a small temple tucked away in a village near the bustling city of Guangzhou, and because of its proximity to an expressway, it is densely populated and surrounded by high ...

8 May, 2025

Kentmere 200 – My First Couple of Rolls with this Brand New 200 Speed B&W Film

By Hamish Gill

Back in late March, Michelle from Harman got in touch with news of yet another forthcoming film launch for 2025 – this time Kentmere 200. Kentmere films are manufactured b...

8 May, 2025

A Journey into Darkness and Light – In Search of a “Go To” Black & White film stock

By Scott Ferguson

Since picking up film still cameras again in June, 2024 I’ve sampled a range of film stocks with wildly varying results, particularly in black & white. My earliest fo...

7 May, 2025

Camera Facade on Miracle Mile, Los Angeles

By Marco Andrés

Originally the building was a camera shop – The Darkroom – at 5370 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles in the Miracle Mile. While the facade is now boarded up, it had previously been a...

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Gordon Ownby on Exploring an Empty Art Gallery – My Photo of the Year 2025
Thanks, Curtis. We’re all hoping the new pavilion attracts many new visitors when it opens next year!
Gordon Ownby on Exploring an Empty Art Gallery – My Photo of the Year 2025
Thanks, Scott, you’ve articulated all the reasons why I chose this frame as my fav. Generally, Silver Efx does a…
Gordon Ownby on Exploring an Empty Art Gallery – My Photo of the Year 2025
Thank you, Jonathan. Yes: Though I was busy getting the focus, lighting and facial angle of this lady, getting that…

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