‘Nothing Personal’ is a largely unflinching portrait of mid-Century America, strangely re-released by Taschen at this time of American Greatness, and we’re really, very, very, really Great, where we’re all, really very united—it’s stupendous, really. The photographs of our heroes, they’re really, really great, really, and those other people in there, we love them, really. …
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Natalie Blom’s ‘Return’ and ‘The Shattered Horizon,’ are collections of beautiful, lo-fi, sub- ex- and urban landscapes, exploring her hometown and places she visits with an eye toward experimentation. The results are beautiful and inspirational.
Adox Color Implosion… Back in 2016, I tested it a EI 50, 100, 200, and 400 and wrote up a lengthy, rambling report, which concluded with a decision to rate the film at 320 or so in the future. Of course I’d forgotten all about that when I loaded up a roll at the McKinney Photo …
In ‘La Habana en color,’ Neil Ta has put together a series of classic Street Photographs from Cuba, all shot on film, with an XPAN.
Someone, in some interview or Tweet or podcast, mentioned this book at being one of the more inspirational reads/books in his or her library, and me being me, I almost immediately ordered a copy. I’ve been feeling a bit, I don’t know, “bad” is the wrong word… “ambivalent” isn’t strong enough… iffy about my book …
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Ilford’s FP4+ is the newest version of its excellent, medium speed, cubit grain, panchromatic black & white stock. The first FP4 appeared 10 years before I was born, and the Plus version appeared in 1990. I shot my first roll of it back in 2015, and over the past year and a bit, I’ve taken …
A couple of months back, I heard Matthew Crowther mentioned in a podcast (or maybe interviewed on one?), went to his site to check out his work, and ended up ordering a couple of zines.* A week or so went by, and I got an email apologizing for shipping delays, and another week or two …
