35mmc (rss unofficial)May 29, 2022

The Healing Process of Getting Back into Photography after 15 Years – By Grégoire Marty Bouiti-Viaudo

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The Healing Process of Getting Back into Photography after 15 Years - By Grégoire Marty Bouiti-Viaudo

My name is Greg, I live in France, I'm 37, I run a wineshop, but we're not here to discuss about all that. We're here because 15 years ago, more or less, I quit photography, and now I'm back at it, after so many years. What happened? What got me back into it? Life happened, all the way. Back then 15 years ago, I was studying anthropology and sociology, living in the countryside of the south west of France. Nice and cool life you might think. Yet, I was suffering depression. I had to stop a first passion, dance, because of an injury. So I was trying to find something that could help me express what I had to say at the time. And photography it was, for a certain time at least.

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35mmc (rss unofficial)May 18, 2022

Travel Broadens the Mind – By Bob Janes

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Travel Broadens the Mind - By Bob Janes

improve photography volunteer meet travel

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35mmc (rss unofficial)May 9, 2022

The Descent of a Film Photographer Part 2: From Black and White to “Coloured” – By Nandakumar

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The Descent of a Film Photographer Part 2: From Black and White to "Coloured" - By Nandakumar

In the second part of the series, the film photographer shares how he completely switched to shooting only on black and white film.

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35mmc (rss unofficial)May 2, 2022

The Descent of a Film Photographer Part 1: From Colour to Black & White – By Nandakumar

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The Descent of a Film Photographer Part 1: From Colour to Black & White - By Nandakumar

A photographer shares his experience working with different film types over the past 20 years and how he is unable to afford most of them today.

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35mmc (rss unofficial)Apr 20, 2022

The Case for Patience – Film Photography and Camera Repair – By Ryan Jones

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The Case for Patience - Film Photography and Camera Repair - By Ryan Jones

once film became a choice, and not an absolute necessity, it entered the economics of emotion

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35mmc (rss unofficial)Apr 19, 2022

The Joy of Small Prints – by Sroyon

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The Joy of Small Prints - by Sroyon

Big photographs are impressive. From 1950 to 1990, New York's Grand Central Terminal had a changing display of 60×18 feet (18×5.5 m) backlit transparencies. This display was a Kodak advert – the iconic Colorama series, described as "the world's largest photographs". In 2006, six photographers converted an aircraft hangar into a pinhole camera, creating an even bigger photograph – 111 feet (34 m) wide and 32 feet (9.8 m) high.

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35mmc (rss unofficial)Apr 12, 2022

The Joy of Small Prints – by Sroyon

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The Joy of Small Prints - by Sroyon

Big photographs are impressive. From 1950 to 1990, New York's Grand Central Terminal had a changing display of 60×18 feet (18×5.5 m) backlit transparencies. This display was a Kodak advert – the iconic Colorama series, described as "the world's largest photographs". In 2006, six photographers converted an aircraft hangar into a pinhole camera, creating an even bigger photograph – 111 feet (34 m) wide and 32 feet (9.8 m) high.

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35mmc (rss unofficial)Mar 30, 2022

The Mother and The Photographer – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

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The Mother and The Photographer – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

As part of the usual small talk, everyone would say that no doubt my baby would be The Most Photographed Baby in the World!

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35mmc (rss unofficial)Mar 25, 2022

No Word for Light Blue – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

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No Word for Light Blue – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

The English language lacks a dedicated word to describe the colour light-blue. In the same manner, for instance, that  'light-red' is called pink, and 'light-purple' is lilac, there is no blue equivalent. Other languages treat light-blue as a concept in its own right. In Ukrainian the colour is called блакитний {blakitnyi} which translates approximately as ’sky’ - approximately, because the structure of the language transforms the word into an adjective form.

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35mmc (rss unofficial)Mar 17, 2022

What the Heck is “Chimping?” – By Cire Llissat

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What the Heck is “Chimping?" - By Cire Llissat

Back in the day, when taking photographs, we gave little thought to viewing our photos on the spot. For those “thrill seekers,” who needed such immediate gratification, Polaroid had a variety of cameras designed to give you your fix, most within 60-seconds. Before the advent of 1-hour photo drive-through at Target, Costco and CVS, there was the local drug store, in my case “Rexall” in West Los Angeles. We filled out a form, took our film to the counter, and handed it to the nice lady, who promptly tossed it into a bin, presumably to be picked up later by someone from “the lab.” A few days to a week later, we returned to the store and picked up our processed film negatives and a set of prints. Sometimes we received two prints for the price of one, which excited us, but which I now believe was absolutely a waste of time, paper and resources (but that’s another discussion). Often, we stood right there and flipped through the pictures, stating, “oooh, oooh, oooh,” for each shot we liked.

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