thoughts & mirrors

Street art

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:27:31 +0200

Street art

Hamburg photographed from a skip turned into a pinhole camera

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:34:41 +0200

Hamburg photographed from a skip turned into a pinhole camera

eush: Everybody go home, the Ryan Gosling ‘Hey Girl’ meme has...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:02:24 +0100

eush:

Everybody go home, the Ryan Gosling ‘Hey Girl’ meme has just apotheosized. (been apotheosized?)

Metamorphosis, kind of… jonheslop: ryan-a: FINISHED!My...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:33:01 +0100

Metamorphosis, kind of…

jonheslop:

ryan-a:

FINISHED!
My newest comic, Sarah and the Seed, is finally done!

click here to read it!

Thank you for hanging in there for the final chapter. I severely underestimated how long 15 pages would take! Also thank you so much to everyone who shared and reblogged this along the way.

Another stonker :D

mullitover: A little while ago I asked a whole bunch of...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:00:09 +0100

mullitover:

A little while ago I asked a whole bunch of photographers to share their thoughts about the whole Kodak fiasco:

PETER BAKER: It is pretty sad to see the company that essentially created the industry that we’re all obsessed with struggle to adapt to the changes in that industry. There’s no reason that Kodak shouldn’t have been able to take it’s imaging expertise – or moreover it’s brand recognition – and been the major provider of digital sensors to other camera makers. Something akin to “Kodak Inside” a la Intel.

There is a seriously romantic component involved in this though. Kodak isn’t just another company that we buy products from. Kodak, in a very real way, is responsible for many of our favorite memories, and nobody wants to see them go away.

YAAKOV ISRAEL: I’m always hoping that somebody will take over the film manufacturing at least but its very sad that this part of the American history of photography won’t be around any more!

As it is the prices of film & paper are rocket high and I find myself thinking that its nearly unethical to ask my students to buy printing paper.

But I’m a big believer in the discipline you develop when using film as you are always on a budget so you think well before you press the shutter.

PHILLIP TOLEDANO: To be honest, I haven’t really thought about it at all … I’m strangely unattached to technology. Whatever Kodak did, will be replaced by something else and in a few years we’ll know it as an interesting photoshop filter …

RYAN PFLUGER: It’s just one of those things you would never think about. It’s like there being no more oil paints or colored pencils. It just seems so bizarre. But we will have to wait and see what happens.

I guess there is always Fuji …… gross

DAVID WRIGHT: It is a very sad day to see Kodak go by the wayside.

GEORDIE WOOD: Kodak is tragic for sure man. It’s too bad they weren’t the lightest on their toes but I guess you get slow after being such a powerhouse for decades. I hope the film won’t disappear but I’m sure it will live on in some capacity.

I’ve spent a bunch of time in Central New York between college and shooting. Whether it’s the Erie Canal, Carrier or Kodak the families of CNY have seen industry come and go for the last century. I think about all the middle class families in Rochester who made their living with Kodak and who are now left behind once again.

NOAH KALINA: It’s unfortunate but not totally surprising. What is shocking is that they were the ones who invented digital. how were they not able to transform their business and move it towards digital?

AARON WOJACK: Perhaps it is just the end of an era. It chills my spine to think that the day may actually come where you will not be able to buy commercial film. I suppose it is inevitable, but I don’t want to see it happen.

On the other hand it reminds me that the state of the photo industry is in flux and that we all need to be innovative and creative or we won’t make it. This shouldn’t be news to anyone. Things like this a are very persuasive inspiration to get your game plan sorted.

ALEXANDER MCLUCKIE: In all honesty mate I came to terms with it when they discontinued Kodachrome. I don’t think I’ve shot a single roll of Kodak since they stopped it.

ERIC WILLIAM CARROLL: To me, Kodak is in the same position that American auto-makers were in a few years back, albeit without the support of a government bailout. Kodak had such a strong brand to help it’s business, but they totally dropped the ball when it came to evolving with photography on a basic consumer level-Kodak should’ve been Flickr, they should’ve been Instagram, they should’ve been Snapfish. All of these chances were squandered and instead Kodak spent years making sub-par digital cameras and printers when they should’ve been re-thinking photography from the ground-up. Sure, I’ll miss my Tri-x if they go under, but hopefully they’ll use bankruptcy as a chance to get some fresh blood and new ideas into their corporate offices and reinvent Kodak’s purpose and practice. The old Kodak moment has come and gone-it’s time for them to realize that and create a new contemporary one.

EMILIANO GRANADO: I guess I’ll have to buy Fuji.

Aren’t we all secretly preparing for an all digital world? How much longer can film really exist? 10 years? In a way though, my abrupt sarcasm is telling of how I experience film and photography in general. The subtleties don’t matter. Kodak is richer, warmer. Fuji is cooler. Whatever. I don’t care. I can print it differently. The EXPERIENCE and my INTENTION are all that matter. I’m a photographer cuz I love to photograph. Fuck the technique and the color cast and the digi vs film and all that shit.

With that said, I prefer the experience of slower, bigger, and bulkier cameras. but WHATEVER.

JAKE STANGEL: I’ll be drinking alot more …

DAREK FORTAS: Cannot imagine not shooting 6x7 or 4x5 in the future … heard some gossip of medium format rolls going up 100%; it scares shit out me …

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Thanks so much to everyone who took time out to share with MULL IT OVER.

Let’s hope this is true! alanajoy: i’m possible

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:01:40 +0100

Let’s hope this is true!

alanajoy:

i’m possible

inspirarch: This cross section view of a Leica lens informs as...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:16:46 +0100

inspirarch:

This cross section view of a Leica lens informs as to why camera lenses are just so expensive…

See the set and even buy a cutaway here

Shakespeare & Company, Paris, Pentax ME Super and Adox 400

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:37:20 +0100

Shakespeare & Company, Paris, Pentax ME Super and Adox 400

via coffeemakescreative: via nikmonroe: It was such a shame to...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:29:20 +0100

via coffeemakescreative: via nikmonroe:

It was such a shame to hear that George Whitman, owner of Shakespeare & Company passed away aged 98 this week.

One of the great bookstores of the world, Shakespeare & Company sits in the shadow of Notre Dame in Paris and is famous for sheltering writers, artists and poets who want to live in one of the great literary capitals of the world.

If you’ve never been to Paris and paid a visit to this wonderful bookstore (which you really should) you might recognise the bookstore in the films Midnight in Paris or Before Sunset.

♥

stunning photograph by joncherry: I’m not sure if I can say...

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:57:18 +0100

stunning photograph by joncherry:

I’m not sure if I can say what I was shooting in Dorset yesterday but it was good fun and while on the beach I spotted this machine of a man swim for a good 20 minutes.

What a legend.

seifestattgel: So machte man früher Kaffee… (by...

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:15:29 +0200

seifestattgel:

So machte man früher Kaffee… (by coffeetraditional)

Such a beautiful camera! tokyo-camera-style: Kanda Nikon 28Ti...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:44:13 +0200

Such a beautiful camera!

tokyo-camera-style:

Kanda

Nikon 28Ti detail of analog display

Photographer: Bellamy Hunt

Pentax ME super and Kodak TMax 100

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:46:46 +0200

Pentax ME super and Kodak TMax 100

Oculo di Pantheon, Roma, Pentax ME super and Ilford FP4

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:51:43 +0200

Oculo di Pantheon, Roma, Pentax ME super and Ilford FP4

Schacchi, Roma, Pentax ME super and Ilford FP4

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:49:01 +0200

Schacchi, Roma, Pentax ME super and Ilford FP4

Ho fame di sapere, Roma, Pentax ME super and Ilford FP4

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:47:42 +0200

Ho fame di sapere, Roma, Pentax ME super and Ilford FP4

What an awesome combination! In your face, lame LED...

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:44:05 +0200

What an awesome combination! In your face, lame LED viewfinder.

tokyo-camera-style:

Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Panasonic GF-1 with Leica Visoflex housing and Pilotar Anastigmat lens(?)

Photographer: Noyan

Whales and elephants. The best animals in the world.

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:42:11 +0200

Whales and elephants. The best animals in the world.

I inherited the exact same camera from my...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:43:42 +0200

I inherited the exact same camera from my Dad….unfortunately there are light leaks all over…

catskillet:

Wait! Did I mention I got an Agfa Isolette I off of eBay? Hmm, well, it’s not really news anymore since I’ve already tested it and developed a roll. I’ll get around to posting it soon, but it’s fabulous and I’m very pleased. The only thing is that the focusing ring is stuck from dried up lubricant from the 50s, so until I fix that, I’m limited to landscape shots.

But here’s a few shots for those of you who enjoy camera porn. Yes, I cater on occasion.

edsminorplace: August Sander, Dadaist, 1929.

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:48:25 +0200

edsminorplace:

August Sander, Dadaist, 1929.