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Architecture of Compliance – Abbotsford Convent, Australia

Ricardo Yamamoto — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:00:18 +0000

From 1863 until its deactivation in 1975, the Abbotsford Convent was one of the largest welfare institutions in Australia, receiving thousands of girls and women who were abandoned by their families. The common reasons included poverty, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. Rebellious or pregnant teenagers, single mothers and other individuals in circumstances that were rejected...

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Ocean Baptism in the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea – My Photograph of the year 2026

Simon King — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:00:09 +0000

Last year, I reflected that I didn’t seem to have a clear stand out “best” photograph to share for this series, but this year I feel a little different. Another religious event I was documenting, this time Christian, the Apostles of Muchinjikwa as they gather in Southend-on-Sea for a baptism in the ocean. This year...

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The Strange Landscape of Parys Mountain

Mark Ellerby — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:00:16 +0000

Parys Mountain is an old copper mine on the island of Anglesey in North Wales, established in the Bronze Age but heavily exploited in the 18th Century. It’s not actually a mountain, being 150m high, but from it one can see a long way across the Anglesey landscape and out to sea. It’s not far...

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The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 2

Michael Kaplan — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:00:24 +0000

After several years of faithful service, my beautiful Leica Digilux 2 finally succumbed to the inevitable death of its sensor. The failure of the now infamous Sony ICX282AQ2 2/3inch CCD Sensor has been well documented and has plagued D2 owners for decades. Last week, I took my D2 out for a photo walk and was...

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A Peak in a Colorless Sky – My photo of the year 2026

Gary Smith — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:00:26 +0000

In August I set out on a drive around Oregon with the Contax G1 loaded with color film. I decided that this shot worked best for me in black and white due to the way the clouds were blowing over the peak in what was a colorless sky. I subsequently had this printed on canvas...

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Canon EOS 650 – the cheap the good and the Phoenix

Giacomo Cecot — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:18 +0000

The title is probably confusing enough to prompt an explanation here in the first few lines. I bought a Canon EOS 650. Why? Because it was cheap, that’s probably the first answer I would give you if you asked me. The second answer, if I allow myself some time to think about it, is the...

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A Journey into the Past

Walter Reumkens — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:10 +0000

Early October, autumn in Germany. Sunny, dry weather with mild temperatures. I got into my car and drove to two places, each 20 km away from where I live. Both places are in the western federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, near the border with the Netherlands. I took my Mamiya 645 1000s with me, fitted...

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Minolta Dynax 7xi review – Everything turned up to ‘xi’

Bob Janes — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:00:53 +0000

The Minolta Dynax 7xi (also known as Alpha or Maxxum 7xi) was released in 1991 as a replacement for the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7000i which had been Minolta’s ‘enthusiast oriented’ autofocus 35mm SLR since 1988. My sample copy is a Dynax 7xi The xi bit is said to stand for expert intelligence. An impressive specification Looking at...

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Your photo of the year 2026 (and my photo of the year 2026)

Hamish Gill — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:00:52 +0000

David Pauley has cornered me into this ‘photo of the year’ lark again by sharing his ‘Take two‘ and suggesting that we go for a repeat of last year… so here we are again…! Of course, I am totally on board with it! So as with last year, this photo is my photo of the...

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A Graceful Exit – My Favorite Photo of 2026

David Pauley — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:00:18 +0000

Poor Hamish. I had another image all lined up and written about for my 2026 Favorite Photo of the Year, a black-and-white photograph of a celebrated boys’ choir processing in song down the aisle of a storied Manhattan church. Hamish edited it and dutifully and generously placed it into the queue. Then this scan came...

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