Author: Nicolai Grossman

Web site launched for f295 symposium on lensless, alternative, and adaptive process photography

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Tom Persinger of f295, home of excellent pinhole and DIY & alt process photography fora, has been working his butt off organizing a Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes. It will run from 26–29 April, 2007, in Pittsburgh, PA, US, with specific workshop, seminar, and guided trip locations to be announced.

Persinger has set up a Web site for the symposium. He writes:

…It’s designed to distribute information about the symposium AND about things to do in/around Pittsburgh. It’s in the preliminary stages, but it has lots of links to restaurants (that i particulary like), hotels/places to stay, museums, galleries, shopping, walking tours, other activites (amusement parks, zoo, etc) and lots of stuff to keep you and your family busy for days and days.

With the birth of son #2 I haven’t been able to check into hotel rates. Please feel free to email or call the hotels directly to check on availability. I’ll do my best to get to this detail in the coming weeks.

I’ll be adding more agenda information, links to register for workshops, and bios for each speaker and topics they’ll be discussing in the coming days & weeks!

The link: www.f295.org/wordpress

Cheers!
Tom

The lineup already looks tasty indeed, a veritable bonanza for the low-fi photographer. This is going to be worth traveling for.

Ernest McLeod featured in F-Stop magazine

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I’ve been following Ernest McLeod’s work on fotolog and Flickr for several years, and he’s deservedly got the Featured Artist spot in the current issue of F-Stop Magazine.

McLeod’s work is subtle. It’s not flashy, doesn’t immediately hit you over the head, and makes you work a little for the payoff. It requires a measure of stillness and that you really look, but if you’re willing, it’ll take you to some remarkable places. I wish I saw the world the way he does, it’s beautiful. Check it out.

You can see more of his work here on Flickr.

Camera Arts magazine subscription, cheap!

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For a limited time you can get a year subscription to Camera Arts magazine for $15—which is 65% off the cover price—if you live in the US.

Full details in this PDF, but the basic deal is to use order code N612CAM for normal and X612CAM for gifts when subscribing on their Web site. You can also order by phone at 800-697-7093 and choosing option #4.

This is one of the only photography magazines I bother to read at all as it’s actually about photography rather than gear fetishism and Photoshop tutorials. There’s some great photography in there, which is well printed, as well as actually interesting interviews and articles. By Grapthar’s hammer, what a savings!

Via The Online Photographer

Toy Polloy international toy camera photography show

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So sayeth the show’s Web site, toypolloy.com:

It is used as a derogatory phrase meaning "the common people." Those most artists wish to separate from.

Toy Polloy is that separation… Photographically speaking.

Toy Polloy use cheap, common toy cameras, yet their results can be rich and uncommon.

Click here to view the 30 artists featured in the first ever…

Toy Polloy
Friday, November 17
THE ICEHOUSE
412 Cross Street, Lexington, Kentucky
Musiq provided by Parlour of Louisville, Kentucky (former members of Crain, The For Carnation, Weapons, Sapat, etc.)
&
Lexington, Kentucky’s Tight Leather (former members of RC ProAm & Mad Shadows)
As part of Downtown Lex’s Gallery Hop
5 p.m. til…

Velvia 50 to be reintroduced in US

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On the heels Fujifilm UK’s announcement last week that Velvia 50 slide film would be reintroduced to the UK [see previous post], Fujifilm USA today announced that the same would happen in the US:

Fujifilm press release:

FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. is pleased to announce plans to re-introduce an ISO 50 Fujichrome Velvia professional film, tentatively named Velvia II. Fujichrome Velvia (RVP 50) was the first high color saturation, high contrast transparency E-6 compatible film when it was introduced in 1990 and was a favorite among photographers. Its discontinuation was announced last year due to difficulties in procuring some of the raw materials used to produce the emulsion.

"Since we announced the discontinuation of Velvia 50, we have been inundated with requests from photographers worldwide to continue production,” said Christian Fridholm, Director of Marketing, Picture Taking, Imaging Division, Fujifilm USA. “They had used Velvia for many years and consider it unmatched in terms of quality and character. One of Fujifilm’s main priorities is to nurture the culture of photography, so we took those requests very seriously."

As a result, Fujifilm research and development teams have developed substitute raw materials and new manufacturing technologies that enable the company to restart production. The new film is expected to be available in late spring 2007. The characteristics of the new emulsion will mirror that of the previous product.

"We are pleased to, once again, demonstrate our commitment to photographic film and to our photographer customers," concluded Fridholm. Specific details, including naming, pricing and shipment dates will be announced when they become available.

[corporate spew removed]

For more information on FUJIFILM U.S.A. products, customers can call 800-800-FUJI or access the FUJIFILM U.S.A. Web site at www.fujifilmusa.com.

List of Diana toy camera clone names

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Diana cameras (the original Holgas) can be really expensive. The results are awesome (and have personalties quite different from Holgas), but for someone who actually wants to make pictures rather than collect cameras, a hunnert bux or more for a piece of 40 year old plastic is simply bullshit. Fortunately, there are a ton of clones, made by the same company with the same warbly lenses, that cost a much saner $10-20. I don’t know about yours, but I’m pretty sure my film doesn’t care whether the camera says Diana or Windsor on the front.

Great! But how do you find the clones? Photographer and camera collector Allan Detrich has a large list of Diana clone names to watch out for. Dig it.