Beautiful… I’ll never forget holidaying in Bali and visiting the fire ceremony/dance and a couple arrived with a Field camera… The light from the fire was amazing but I so wanted to see a print from what they shot… Before I got my XPAN I was super keen on a 500 series Hasselblad but was worried with a few lenses it was too big to travel and always have with me… Large format is another whole realm in that debate! Respect for the physical aspects of such work

Josef Koudelka with two Fuji G617 makes the XPAN around his neck look like a little point & shoot camera! Its a fascinating doco:

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Industrial strength shadows!
Fujifilm TX2/XPAN2 with Kodak Tmax100

I think it might have been Kit Clayton who talked about mixing music and thinking of effected/altered sounds as being like shadows… the delayed, offset, altered version that shadows the foreground…

Hard to believe that was released in 1999 - my vinyl is well worn!

(off on another road trip tomorrow… will stop hogging this thread!(

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Backyard minimalism.

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I got a Fujifilm Instax SQ-6 about a year ago to explore photography for the first time, and I really fell in love with it. I mainly use it for memories, but here’s a couple more artistic shots I’m proud of.


my tourmate Christian, in surprise Buffalo snow


double exposure of a church in Austin


construction in downtown Austin


bizarre surprise in an Airbnb (I forget where, Texas or Louisiana maybe?)

the instant feedback has been tremendously helpful in the learning process, and it takes great shots, but the camera jams frequently and at $1/shot the mistakes are more painful. I’m going to treat myself to an upgrade soon, whether that be 35mm or DSLR, but this thread is super inspiring and has me leaning film!!

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well, after the beauty in this thread planted the seed, I did a ton of research and settled on a Canon AE-1 Program. and then lo and behold, there was one of them cheap on local CL, refurbed by a wedding photographer with a vintage camera side hustle. hope to have something to share soon!

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anyone have any photographs of sunsets we could use for the 4th Lines Community Stream NYE edition ? the theme is “sunset 2020” and it’d be cool to showcase photo/video work between sets! (cc/ @anxietymachine @infinitedigits @license)

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I’ll try to be on the lookout the next few days. Forecast looking cloudy though.

Kind of too bad I wasn’t at-the-ready the big day of the Saturn-Jupiter conjunction because there was an incredible sunset down the road.

@tyleretters great idea. here’s some of my sunset pics. would be great to get more!

deception pass, washington:

mcdowell mountain, arizona:

hawaii:

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these are twenty chars of gorgeous

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CID3wc-hUwg/?igshid=74w7iw627ut4

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first attempt at cyanotype cameraless longexposure

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Exploring photo opportunities on the back porch.

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really expired and home developed film shot on an old russian lubitel 166 that i found at a flea market in rome in 2006.

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20 characters of oof

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A year since i was last in the darkroom. I decided to use some old paper as negatives and set up this ‘still life’. Had some developer mixed up from 2019 which was still good! Used the Bender 10x8 and a Hermagis brass lens. 18 minute exposure. Keen to do more now to get my mojo back!

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i don’t know how i have never shared this here but my partner is a experimental filmmaker and works primarily on 16mm. the windows in our home studio are velcro-lined for blackout fabric so it can double as a darkroom! he has an enlarger, 6 or 7 projectors, a bolex and a whole lot of other equipment.

here is his website (that has other work including fibers work, some truly incredible alt-process photography stuff, drawings, and more!): nolanbarry.com

his instagram is @/nolannbarry

and here are a few of his films:

“landscape of the mind” — this one uses optical printing to print multiple clips of 8mm home movies onto the same frame:

“of sun” — a visual diary of travelling during summer 2019 with an original cello + norns soundtrack:

and finally probably the most fit for lines folks…

“into the shade, to rest, to dream—“ — utilizes optical printing to expose an image onto the sound track of the 16mm film to attempt to hear the sound of a still image:

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hadn’t seen this one, it’s super nice !