Teesbay Angel
Yesterday was uncommonly warm, so after work I decided to enjoy the evening and drove down the zinc works road to the beach. The tide was exceptionally low, allowing me…
Christopher Pattison
Asahi Pentax ME
1976: SLRs simply don’t get any smaller than this one.
Kowa H
1963: Kowa curiously put a technological first into a budget camera.
Durst Automatica
1956: This outrageously handsome Italian camera was as pioneering as it was cool.
Praktica FX 2
1956: KW introduces the first fully automatic lens diaphragm action.
Olympus Pen EE
1961: Simplicity is beautiful with the mother of all point and shoot cameras.
Yashica TL Electro-X
1968: Yashica lights up the viewfinder and steps up shutter technology.
A half baked idea with a half frame camera
Back in 2017 I acquired an Olympus PEN EE half-frame camera. I took it to Durham City with the idea of recording little street scenes unfolding over three frames. I…
My old cap
It hasn’t been artificially aged. It wasn’t bought last week. It didn’t come with a shitty logo and a premium price attached. The oldest visual record I have of me…
Of Mosques and Cats: A Walk in Istanbul from the Grand Bazaar to Fatih Mosque
The first day of a 3 day exploration of Istanbul. This article was originally published 4 years ago on a blog I regrettably deleted. It proved quite popular, so I…