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Meet the Photographer – TD
What made you want to try half-frame, and what was your first half-frame camera? I wanted to try something new — I primarily work with medium format film and Polaroids, so I wanted to do more 35 mm work and be able to save on film. My first half frame…
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Meet the Photographer – Eddie
What made you want to try half-frame, and what was your first half-frame camera? What drew me to half-frame was the chance to shoot a different format. It’s fun to try new things, and I do my best work when I have some kind of limitation. My first half-frame camera…
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Meet the Photographer – Peggy Marsh
What made you want to try half-frame? I basically Pokémon cameras, I want to try them all. I started buying film cameras when I lived in Japan. Olympus and Yashica/Kyocera are Japanese brands that made lots of half-frame cameras back in the day. Searching junk bins in Japan meant that…
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Meet the Photographer – Erik Gould
What made you want to try half-frame, and what was your first half-frame camera? When I was in school, I was exploring ways to create grainy images. I loved the textures. As I was studying printmaking, I got excited by the idea of making “self-screening” negatives, which means negatives that…
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Meet the Photographer – Monika Danos
What made you want to try half-frame, and what was your first half-frame camera? I was first introduced to half frame cameras by the work of Erik Gould (@riphotosurvey.bsky.social). Erik had published a piece on emulsive.org (https://emulsive.org/articles/ilford-pan-f-plus-ei-50-35mm-olympus-pen-s-by-erik-gould), published a zine (titled 18×25) and shared many “penoramas” on social media. (Editor:…
