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21 November, 2025

8×10 camera for $10 in ten minutes

By Jeffery Luhn

21 November, 2025

/ Alternative Process, DIY Camera, /

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I signed up to teach a photography event to 8-year-olds at a summer activity event. It was scheduled to take place on my college campus in late June, 2025. The ‘class’ was comprised of two 1-hour sessions. My first thought – we could get she...

Life and Death in London

21 November, 2025

Life and Death in London – My photo of the year 2025

By Geoff Chaplin

21 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Street & Urban Photography, /

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This hasn’t been easy and I thank David, Scott and Hamish for setting me the (actually enjoyable) task. It turned out my favourite fell just outside the last 12 months (I’m taking ‘2025’ to mean the previous 12 months up to the date of writing) – ...

21 November, 2025

5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3

By Brashtown Czar

21 November, 2025

/ Argus C3, Svema Film, svema foto 100, /

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I recently learned about Svema films, and was instantly intrigued by Svema Foto 100. Film from the most important Soviet film factory, still made in Ukraine, with punchy contrast, fine grain, and near-infrared sensitivity up to 750nm? I’m in...

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2 November, 2025

My (Brief) Life as a Documentary Photographer

By Jeremy Rata

I have always been a documentary photographer, just not a paid one. That all changed in 2010, I was commissioned by a man called John Casson whom I had met at a dinner party I w...

2 November, 2025

Planar. Ektar. Fotograflar. Istanbul… In 5 Frames

By Omar Tibi

Cue the Sertab Erener song. How do you tell a story about a city bigger than many countries, in just 5 images? This was the question I was grappling with when trying to write th...

1 November, 2025

Mount Cook and the Glaciers, 1893

By Logan Mortimer

In February 1893 George Moodie set off from Dunedin, a city on the south east coast of New Zealand, to Mount Cook. He was on a photographic trip on behalf of the Burton Brothers...

1 November, 2025

5 Frames with a Leica 1c

By Phil Harrison

I’ve been a fan of Viewfinder cameras for many years, having owned M’s and Leica III’s in the past, with a IIIa my current camera. I never thought about a Leic...

Tlell River

31 October, 2025

5 Frames on Haida Gwaii

By Derek Ulrich

You really have to want to get to Haida Gwaii from, well, anywhere. In theory it’s quite simple to get to Haida Gwaii from Vancouver. Simply head east on Highway 1, or the Sea t...

31 October, 2025

The Glamorous Side to Motor Racing – A One Shot Story

By James Roberts

There aren’t many sports more glamorous than motor racing, and whilst Formula 1 might grab all the headlines, it’s not as exciting as it’s made out to be, and not very inc...

Front pf haunted house (Featured Image)

31 October, 2025

A Haunted House for Halloween!

By Dave Powell

This was the most haunted place I ever lived. And the most vicious. You wouldn’t recognize it today, though. It’s now surrounded by trees. And across three-quarters of a century...

30 October, 2025

Robert Frank’s Leica (Well, Close)

By John Bennett

After our recent road trip, which included a night at the Hotel Finlen in Butte, Montana, and a chance to photograph the window where Robert Frank made one of the 83 images incl...

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Gary Paudler on 5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3
Your images are beautiful. I will definitely buy some Svema 100, violating my Tri-X-only rule. Thanks!
Scott Ferguson on Life and Death in London – My photo of the year 2025
Hey Geoff, Cool shot! I really like the crazy mix of architecture and graffiti and the juxtaposition of bold rectangles…
Scott Ferguson on 5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3
Thanks for this post! I'm excited to try Svema after looking at your sample photos. I've been sampling lots of…

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