Thornton v Barnbaum. Are they both right? — by Bruce Robbins on

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A while back, I wrote a post questioning whether Barry Thornton or Bruce Barnbaum were right on the subject of pre-exposure of film as an ai...

Free lockdown reading - and Merry Christmas! — by Bruce Robbins on

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During the last lockdown, I spent a fair bit of time reading free books and publications on   archive.org . Since it looks as if we may be h...

Anatomy of a Print — by Bruce Robbins on

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People with only a digital background must get very confused if they're ever tempted to hoist themselves up on the garden wall and peek ...

Information is key — by Bruce Robbins on

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Maryfield Snooker Hall Valoy II print on Kodak Bromesko I had an email in response to Saturday's post from a reader saying it can't ...

Six, not out — by Bruce Robbins on

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The business end of the darkroom just after a printing session Well, here we go again. Another day, another darkroom. My sixth if I've ...

Boring v Minimalist — by Bruce Robbins on

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I'm continuing, where I can, to plough my lone furrow in pursuit of photographs that can be fairly described as a bit boring but...

Large Splodges — by Bruce Robbins on

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Ducks One of the difficult things about writing a blog post is finding something that links the various images together in a cohere...

Ditching the 'pod. — by Bruce Robbins on

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On the basis that readers who still frequent this blog do so because they like photography and not epidemiology, I'm not going t...

Boring Photography — by Bruce Robbins on

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One of the good things about having a lengthy break from photography is that it gives you time to ponder what it's all about and w...

Lochee Burn - part three — by Bruce Robbins on

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I wrote most of this post about a year ago, around the time I was photographing a small burn not too far from my former home in Du...