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Learning to see
On the camera, the conversation, and what it means to document a living tradition well.
Photography is the least important part of photography. Before the frame is chosen there is a decision about which camera to carry, a decision about how to be in a room with another person, and decisions about exposure that most viewers will never consciously notice. These four entries gather the methodology of the archive in one place - what we chose and why, and who we listened to.
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The Question of the Camera
Which camera serves which kind of visit. The Bronica for the formal portrait. The Q3 for the documentary record. The 4x5 for the slow contemplation. The choice is editorial, not gear-fetishist.
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Learning the Camera That Changes Everything
The Bronica SQ-A arrived. A square-format medium-format film camera designed for the formal portrait, run on a slower, more deliberate workflow than the digital register. Learning it is its own project.
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Homer Sykes
A morning with the photographer who has spent fifty years documenting English customs and ceremonies. Mentor, foreword author for Book One, and the practitioner whose shadow falls across every frame the archive will make.
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Understanding Exposure and the Zone System
A plain-language guide to exposure, metering, and the Zone System for both film and digital photographers - from the basics of light to placing zones in the field.
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