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Trespassing with a Hasselblad H2 - By Brian Cox
I’ve lived in a small town in central North Carolina my entire life and driven by this house hundreds of times without ever noticing it. It sits along the edge of a forest on a two lane stretch of road in a blind corner. Unless you happen to know someone who lives on along the road there aren’t any “destinations” to be had. Just a road you would travel to get where you are going. I vaguely remember noticing this house for the first time with its asphalt “roll on” bricks and white shutters. As I always do when I see something interesting, I took mental note of its location in hopes of coming back with a camera. That time came when I heard the words “Daddy lets go take pictures”. My seven-year-old son doesn’t really enjoy taking pictures, but he does love exploring the places I photograph. This usually involves visiting abandoned cars, houses, barns, bridges and sometimes smaller personal items. Things that have been left behind and handed over to the passage of time and mother nature. It was a Sunday evening around dinner time, so this became a family outing. I am extremely grateful my family not […]
New Individualism - the Evolution of a Photo Project - By Pablo Garcia
Individualism was a photographic project that I started in Summer 2020 A.K.A. Covid year zero. It was a project that came to me by watching the pictures I shot rather than a preconceived idea, then I pulled the thread to see what it could become. Here are the first images I shot and an article I wrote here about them. It could be said that the opportunity to write an article about this set of images made me think and further develop the project, so thanks 35mmc for this great platform. The main idea of this project is to make a metaphor about the fragility and humanity of the individual in contrast with a harsh environment. Covid changed my perspective about society, governments and capitalism. Suddenly I could watch the true face of a selfish and fearful society, driven by a fake news infested media, and the crush of every single bit of debate that questioned the official narrative. It made me a more thoughtful person and also made me realize that, as individuals, ourselves are the only thing we truly possess. After I wrote that article and received great feedback from the readers, I narrowed the aesthetics a bit. […]
A Photographic Road trip to a Different Greece – By Stelios Themelakis
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A Photographic Road trip to a Different Greece - By Stelios Themelakis
Greece is usually known abroad for its hot summers, picturesque islands and amazing beaches. And rightfully so. But there is another side of Greece, outside major summer touristic destinations that is equally breathtaking. With my wife we decided to take a road trip to the most north-western part of of the country, a region filled with beautiful landscapes, mountains, lakes, and stone built villages. It was a great opportunity to get to use both my Bronica SQ-B and my Nikon FM and lots of film.
Shooting Gigs – Pushing The Boundaries of B&W Film – By Tom Schulte
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Shooting Gigs - Pushing The Boundaries of B&W Film - By Tom Schulte
I might say, pushing the boundaries of film in this case is more like returning to its roots. When rock ‘n roll and hard bop burst through the famed and now widely regarded as the golden age of music, that is, 50s-70s, the highest ISO film available was around 400-1000 (B&W of course). It’s difficult to think this level of light sensitivity would be enough to capture musicians in their element, when one could assume live music = low-light. And yet some of the greatest concert photography I’ve ever seen were shot on these (now broadly perceived as general purpose) B&W film stocks, particularly Tri-X.
5 Frames from Panta Rhei (Everything Flows) - Keith Beven
"We get into the same river and yet not into the same river, we are and we are not [the same]." Heraclitus I have a new book of images of water available. Following the success of The Still Dynamic last year (in the sense that it thankfully sold out rather quickly in its limited edition print), this new volume pictures from some of my favourite places in the UK and Switzerland including, of course, the Mallerstang Valley in Cumbria that I has photographed for 25 years now. The images include some that are that old and taken on a Mamiya 6, but also more recent pictures taken on Fujifilm digital cameras.
