I picked T J Clark’s Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernism on Richard Pickup’s recommendation , and after reading the first paragraphs of the Introduction, I’m glad I did. Funny, dense, serious, accessible, it’ll require some close, careful reading, an exercise of some mental and rhetorical muscles I haven’t used in awhile, …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
#DeltaDefJam Sprockets!
For my second roll in this #DeltaDefJam, I went for the Delta 400, again, but in 35mm, and this time with Sprockets!
Debonair #DeltaDefJam
For this last iteration of the #DeltaDefJam, I went with the only remaining Delta flavor I hadn’t already disliked shot for the first or second Jam, in two cameras I hadn’t shot for previous Jams, and in one format I hadn’t used before either. First up: Delta 400 in the FPP Plastic Fantastic Debonair. Was …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Or, everyone in the U.S., anyway. This year, as you gather with family and friends to watch parades and/or football, gorge yourself on way too much food, nod out to a nice tryptophan high, and do it all over again for dinner, take some time to give thanks to the One …
Nobuyoshi Araki – ‘Sentimental Journey 1971 – 2017 -‘
Nobuyoshi Araki is one of the more (perhaps the most) prolific photobook makers ever, with over 500 to his credit. Despite his renown, I’ve avoided his work. Every time I’ve gone looking, I’ve wound up finding Tokyo Lucky Hole or one of his other, more or less explicit/pornographic works, and I’m not too interested in exploitation. …
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Jon Wilkening – ‘Tiny Plastic Box #6’
I’m late getting this one out, but Jon Wilkening’s pinhole 365 is drawing near its end, and volume 6 of his excellent Tiny Plastic Box zine appeared in my mailbox a couple of weeks ago, and I only had a chance to unbox it over the weekend.
Pretty Please!
With less than 5 days remaining in their campaign, the Silberra Indiegogo campaign is at only 25% of its target… I know some of the recent analog photography kickstarters have been a bit underwhelming, but please don’t let that dissuade you from kicking in $15 or $20 or more for some new black & white film.
