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 …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
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.
Keep your hands to yourself
If you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few weeks, you might wonder about the timing of this post, but as regards the second hollow one, there’s a reason the parties and dinners I attend with my neighbors are gender segregated: in addition to our inability to watch our mouths, we humans—especially men, …
Cognitive Dissonance in the Mountains with the Yashica
The last week of October found me in Arkansas (and Oklahoma) for a brief visit with Mom, some photography, and some introspection. I’ve been slow in getting the film processed, so look forward to more photographs from this trip in coming weeks. For now, it’s all about Cinestill films in the Yashica Mat-124, a party, …
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Watch your Mouth
Abu Musa reported that رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ “ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ ” Some people asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), “Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?” He replied, “One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue …
