Doggerland was the area of land that connected England to the rest of mainland Europe back in the last Ice Age. In Brian David Stevens’ book, it’s a more a state of mind, a place submerged, beneath, behind.
Continue reading “Brian David Stevens – ‘Doggerland’”Suzanne Winterberger – “Prototype Man”
“Prototype Man” is a great little zine from 1980. I found Suzanne Winterberger thanks to In/Sights, and ran to pick up “Prototype Man,” which was pretty much the only thing I could find. It’s a great little zine from 1980, featuring some fun photographs of a rather generic-looking white college professor-type from 1980—shaggy hair, beard, glasses, jean jacket, light pants, too-large tie, low-top converse (I think)—paired with some tongue-in-cheek text. Good stuff.
Continue reading “Suzanne Winterberger – “Prototype Man””‘4 Stops,’ vol. 1 and 2
I’m not sure where I came upon Ben Mills’ ‘4 Stops’ zines. I don’t follow Mills or his @hipshootfilm on Instagram, nor do I follow any of the photographers in vol. 1 or 2 of the zine. I haven’t listened to the Sunny 16 or Negative Positives podcasts, which are thanked in both volumes, in awhile. Maybe Em at Emulsive posted something that I saw on Twitter? No idea.
However I heard about it, I ended up with the first two volumes.
Continue reading “‘4 Stops,’ vol. 1 and 2”Andres Gonzalez – American Origami
I wasn’t going to buy this book… I’m not too interested in archives, and despite spending a semester studying archives and their performance (don’t ask) as part of my MA studies at Stony Brook, and American Origami seems, at first (and fifth) glance to be a rather poor exploration of a particular archive.
But then it came time to renew my Light Work subscription, and as usual, I went with the “Book Collector’s” subscription, which is a book, usually a signed first edition, and a year of Light Work for $75 (at time of writing, and for the last several years), and so I ended up with a copy of it. Given its appearance on a whole bunch of 2019 best of lists, I guess I should probably check it out, so here we go.
Continue reading “Andres Gonzalez – American Origami”Metropolis and Me
As promised, here are some selfies, shot with the Lomo LC-A on LomoChrome Metropolis. I took these during Ramadan 2020, late April to late May.
There’s not much else to say, really, so let’s get to it!
Continue reading “Metropolis and Me”LomoChrome Metropolis – First Roll Fun
When Lomography announced their new Metropolis film, I jumped on it. But when it arrived, I wasn’t feeling too into shooting much, so I stuck it all in the refrigerator.
Then, when I finally built the piece of garbage known as the LomoMod no.1 and loaded some 120 Metropolis into it, I decided I should shoot some 135 too, so I threw a roll into the LC-A and got going.
It was just before Ramadan, and I took my time shooting through it. It took more than a month to get through the roll. I started with some selfies (and will share a bunch in a later post), and shot the vast majority while exploring the Old Alton Bridge in Argyle, TX. It’s mostly those pictures I’m sharing here.
Continue reading “LomoChrome Metropolis – First Roll Fun”Jason Tippet – ‘Heading to Bill’s for Cigarettes’
I picked up Jason Tippet’s Heading to Bill’s for Cigarettes after reading his interview with Blake Andrews back in February 2020. It sounded like the sort of project I’ve been slowly formulating (but not shooting for or starting on in any way shape or form) for some years, and so I jumped on it. As usual with swerdnaekalb’s recommendations, it’s a good one.
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