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Low-stakes journaling, and getting used to the #xf

Low-stakes journaling, and getting used to the #xf10 #filmisdead #filmisnotdead
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#fujixweekly
#agameoftones
#artofselfportraiture
#fujichrome
#slowlightcollective
#woofermagazine
#burbsonfilm
#apsc
#spicollective

"15 Runs" (this contact sheet is read from left to

"15 Runs" (this contact sheet is read from left to right starting at the top). Details below, swipe right for a zoom in on the frame before running then after runs # 3, 7, 11 and 15.

This is a redo and expansion of the previous "11 runs", which was out of focus.

I used a medium format camera (this time with autofocus and a proper minimal focusing distance), took a picture, then ran down the stairs and back up 15 times, taking an exposure after every run (I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building). The result is the contact sheet above, part of my exploration of serial portrait.

I'm curious to see what mark micro-events can leave on our face, even temporarily. I'm not trying to "do a Muybridge" and capture movement, but rather to capture the consequence of movement and change. Are we entirely the same person in each of the exposures? Time has elapsed, we have impacted the world and been impacted by it.

"We cannot step into the same river twice," says Heraclitus, "for other waters are continually flowing on." Well despite the permanence of the Self, it's also arguably not the same "person" doing the stepping or being photographed in the second, third, etc. exposure. This is a portrait in time, as the Self evolves ever so slightly.
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#fujifilm #ga645 #645 #ilfordhp5 #ilfordimaging #serialart #kodakhc110
#120film
#filmphotograpy
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#selfportraitph
#muybridge
#blackandwhitefoto
#onlyblackandwhite
#blackandwhiteselfie
#themysterypr0ject
#buyfilmnotpixel
@filmfridgemag #filmfridgemag
#explore_bnw
#selfieonfilm
#israeliart
#filmisnotdeadil
#lenscratch
#opentheme2021fstop

Probably my favorite painting by my mom, François

Probably my favorite painting by my mom, Françoise Alvarez-Pereyre of blessed memory, among thousands of works she created and never displayed outside of our home.

She painted it in 1995, a year when we lived as expats in Jerusalem and she could afford not to work and was able to paint full time (while raising 5 kids with my father).

Nature calls, bye! . Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #

Nature calls, bye!
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere400 #doubleexposed in #olympusxa series #filmcamera dev #kodakHC110
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#ilfordimaging
#opentheme2021fstop
#argentiquesamère
#analogselfie

Squeezing some landscape into the film… #firstof

Squeezing some landscape into the film... #firstoftheroll From ongoing project "On My Watch" (details on my website, link in bio).
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere 400 #doubleexposed in #olympusxa series #analogkamera dev #HC110
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@filmshooterscollective #heyfsc
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#homedeveloped

Through the looking-glass. Meditation retreat at N

Through the looking-glass. Meditation retreat at Neve Shalom, July 2021.
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere400 #doubleexposed in #olympusxa series #analogcamera dev #kodakHC110
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#analogkollektiv
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#portraitphotgraphy
#portraitsfordays
#storyportrait
#igersblackandwhite
#blackandwhitefeed
#blackandwhiteselfie
#analogsociety
#filmalivemag
@shootitwithfilm #shootitwithfilm
#allaboutphotopotw
#filmisnotdeadil
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#argentiquesamère

My friend and colleague Arale, right before and ri

My friend and colleague Arale, right before and right after a 2-day meditation retreat with no phones and no speaking. (Swipe for bigger images.)

Of course many things can account for differences between two images (even a few seconds apart) but there is something intriguing in an approach to photography that is not just descriptive but actually "instructional"---the composite image forces you to build an interpretation of what it means, what happened in between the frames, etc.

N.B. these are scans from instant film images. White balance was dictated by the #fujiinstax film and the light bulb.
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#fujiinsta#instaxsquare #colorfilmphotography #instaxfilm #beforeafter #selfieonfilm #serialart #popartstyle #israeliart #filmisnotdeadil #artofselfportraiture #heyfsc #shootfilmunder1000 #lenscratch #vipassana #meditationretreat

Will be back to shooting some digital for color. S

Will be back to shooting some digital for color. Sorry (not sorry 🤭) for all the purists out there who believe that some media inherently have more value (artistic or otherwise) than others 😉

With all those Fuji emulsions disappearing or gone already, I guess their digital cameras, especially in jpeg mode, are where one is able to keep "tasting" the world in Fuji tones. In keeping with the way I shoot, I grabbed the smallest camera I could get with a fixed wide-angle lens and a good-sized sensor, and loaded it with a recipe tweaked by @fujixweekly... We'll see.
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#xf10
#agameoftones
#artofselfportraiture
#fujichrome
#slowlightcollective
#foammagazine

Inside/Outside. From ongoing project "On My Watch"

Inside/Outside. From ongoing project "On My Watch" (details on my website, link in bio).
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere 400 #doubleexposed in Haifa & Netanya in #olympusxa4 #analogkamera dev #HC110
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#filmphotooftheday
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#temporaryportraits
#portraitaddict
#thehub_portraits
#overthesurface
#whataface
#blackandwhitephotographs
#blackandwhiteworththefight
#bnw_mroldschool
#thefilmgang
#photocinematic
#pulsefilm
#selfdevelopedfilm
@filmdiscovered #filmdiscovered
#filmisnotdeadil
#israeliart
#opentheme2021fstop

Testing papers and exposure times with #cyanotypep

Testing papers and exposure times with #cyanotypeprint... so far @cansonpaper wins. Next step will be checking what works best (for me) in terms of toning.
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Originally shot on #ilford #kentmerepan400 #35mmfilm #doubleexposed in #olympusxa series #analogkamera dev #HC110
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#135mm
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#goofyface
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#onlyblackandwhite
#blackandwhiteselfie
#themysterypr0ject
#buyfilmnotpixel
@filmfridgemag #filmfridgemag
#explore_bnw
#filmisnotdeadil
#israeliart

Exploring movement. It's interesting that we only

Exploring movement. It's interesting that we only ever see people in movement (and find it weird when they are frozen in Zoom), but we are used to seeing motion blur in a photograph as something undesirable or at least "secondary".
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere 400 #doubleexposed in #olympusxa #analogcamera dev #HC110
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#ilfordimaging
#motionblurphotography
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#myselfportrait
#temporaryportraits
#portraitaddict
#thehub_portraits
#overthesurface
#whataface
#blackandwhitephotographs
#blackandwhiteworththefight
#bnw_mroldschool
#thefilmgang
#photocinematic
#pulsefilm
#selfdevelopedfilm
@filmdiscovered #filmdiscovered
#filmisnotdeadil
#israeliart
#opentheme2021fstop

@zozo_ginzburg #cyanotypeprint (18×25cm) Thanks t

@zozo_ginzburg #cyanotypeprint (18×25cm) Thanks to @rachel_erez, who taught me darkroom printing years ago, I'm now getting into "sun printing". It's a slow process learning about the technique, papers, brushes, etc. but I love the results. Not a big fan of the blue color, though, so I'll probably tone this image to brown in the coming days.
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Originally shot on #ilford #mediumformat #hp5plus in #yashica #tlrcamera dev #HC110
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#goofyface
#blackandwhitefoto
#onlyblackandwhite
#themysterypr0ject
#buyfilmnotpixel
@filmfridgemag #filmfridgemag
#explore_bnw
#filmisnotdeadil
#israeliart
#opentheme2021fstop
#israelimusic
#vintagefender
#rockhistory

Behind the scenes. Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #ke

Behind the scenes. Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere400 at 800 in #olympusxa series #analogcamera dev #HC110
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#35mm_look
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#bestphotogram_portraits
#missyourface
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#justblackandwhite
#doyoudevelop
#nightwalkermagazine
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#argentiquephotographie
#experimentalfilm
#filmisnotdeadil
#selfieonfilm
#shootfilmunder1000

Looking through the veil. From ongoing project "On

Looking through the veil. From ongoing project "On My Watch" (details on my website, link in bio).
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere 400 #doubleexposed in #olympusxa series #analogkamera dev #HC110
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#bestoftheroll
@shootfilmmag #shootfilmunder1000
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#opentheme2021fstop
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When it's good to be able to take your mind elsewh

When it's good to be able to take your mind elsewhere...
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Scan from #ilford #35mmfilm #kentmere400 #doubleexposed in #olympusxa series #filmcamera dev #kodakHC110
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#analogkollektiv
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#blackandwhitephotograpy
#webleedblackandwhite
#blackandwhiteselfie
@the35mmdiary #the35mmdiary
#filmisnotdeadil
#ilfordimaging
#opentheme2021fstop
#argentiquesamère

There / Not There. From ongoing project "On My Wat

There / Not There. From ongoing project "On My Watch" (details on my website, link in bio).
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#bwfilmphotography
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#mybest_portrait
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#igw_portraits
#loveblackandwhite
#blackandwhitephotooftheday
#shootfilmmag
#filmtweakers
@filmshooterscollective #heyfsc
#filmisnotdeadil
#israeliart
#opentheme2021fstop
#buyfilmnotpixel

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