All Through a Lens: A Podcast About Film Photography

Dev Party - Vania Takes a Trip, Eric Takes a Hike

On this episode, surprisingly, Vania takes a trip and Eric takes a hike! Vania heads up to northern California to a Hobo Convention. She tells us all about it and shares some of the sheets she shot. Meanwhile, Eric explores an abandoned house.
Vania shot Fomapan 200 through her Graflex Super D 4×5. Here they are:
 
 
Eric shot Ilford HP5+ through the Chamonix. Look!:
 
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Smells We’ll Never Smell Again (and Our Best Dinosaur Roars)

While we're on a bit of a summer break, we bring to you a Patreon bonus episode from March 2021.
 
We talk a lot, and the conversation meanders all over the place. So what do we talk about on this one?
 
- Malls
- Jobs we were really shitty at.
- Getting in trouble as kids. 
- Bidets
- What we'd trade our favorite cameras for.
- Scary Movies
- Our best dinosaur roars.
- The most difficult thing about doing the podcast.
- We try to figure out Gremlins.
- The smells we can never smell again.
 
We talk about photography more than it seems. But we also cover a LOT of other subjects. 
 
Enjoy!

Dev Party - Decadence (Ten Years Later...)

On this episode of Dev Party, Vania and Eric (@surfmartian and @conspiracy.of.cartographers on IG) talk about going back to locations shot long ago.
Vania developed Kodak Ektachrome in one of Cinestill’s slide film developers (and once she’s experimented with it more, we’ll do an episode about it). Here are her shots:
 
 
Meanwhile, Eric revisited a couple of places that he had shot before. When he first shot these spots, he used a Holga with some sort of expired Fuji slide film xpro’d in C-41 a decade ago.
Ten years later, he returned with a Graflex and Fomapan 100 devved in FA-1027. Here they are, side by side.
 
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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
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Season Finale, Anne Brigman (w/ Kate Miller-Wilson)! - Episode 65

Welcome to the final episode of the season, our last episode before our summer break. While we are taking a little break, we will still have lots and lots of content for you. There will be Dev parties, updates from the road, and a few special surprises along the way.
But today we will be checking back in with Kate Miller Wilson (@katemillerwilson on IG), what’s she been up to for the past year? And will also be talking to you about photographer Anne Brigman, fortunately for everyone Kate will be sticking around to help us!
Not only that but the film detectives, Charlie and Sara (@casualscience and @thefutureofwhat on IG), we’ll be popping in with another case to solve.
There’s also the zine reviews, the answering machine, and so much more!
 
Anne Brigman
Photographer Anne Brigman is known almost exclusively for her nudes. Much of her known and available work depicts bodies contorted and twisted among the contorted and twisted pines of the high sierra mountains in California.
Her photography was unlike almost anything else in the early 1900s. And yet it fit perfectly into Alfred Stieglitz’s photo-secessionist movement. Today, with Kate Miller-Wilson, we’re going to talk about Anne Brigman and Alfred Stieglitz. 
By the turn of the century, Anne had become nearly obsessed with the High Sierras. It was then that she discovered photography. She probably acquired her first camera from her sister, Elizabeth and was immediately smitten. Her first photos, taken when she was 32, were of her family. These were mostly typical portraits rendered in a somewhat impressionistic style.
A year later, her work was exhibited by the San Francisco Photographic Salon and printed in Camera Craft, the magazine of the San Francisco Camera Club. She also began a correspondence with Alfred Stieglitz, founder of the Photo Secession movement, who was currently waging a war with both the photography and art communities, insisting that photography be considered an art rather than a science. 
Kate, Vania and Eric each picked a few of Anne’s photos and discussed them while talking about her life. Here are the photos they discussed (in order)…
 
 
Kate Miller-Wilson
We talked to Kate last year at this time, so we’re just catching up. This is a great opportunity to discuss things we wouldn’t normally tackle. Heavy hitting subjects like:
Beach Shooting
Underwater 4×5?
When to shoot color and why we don’t do it anyway.
8×10 is just bigger 4×5
How to avoid Aero Ektar Cliches
We discuss a few of Kate’s photos, of course. Here are some…
 
Zine Reviews
Where We Were (Vol. 2) by Shania Logan.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1181034648/where-we-were-vol-ii-film-photography
With this issue, Shania leads us into town by way of closed up corner stores and school buses decaying in the sun. Mobile homes quickly disintegrate once unoccupied, and tar paper shacks are little more than a foundation. Long cold factories with darkened, smashed windows explain the depressing number of houses vacated, and the lines of empty streets.
 
Happy Together by Federico Quaglino
IG: @fedequaglino
 
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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
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Dev Party – Plus X and Aerial: Together Again for the First Time!

On this fine little episode of Dev Party, we’re up in the air! Vania shoots some well-known skaters on Fuji Pro H 400 with the RB67. Meanwhile, Eric tests out some potentially oldish Plus X Aerial film cut down to 4×5… and it’s got sprockets!
Why the sprockets? Listen and find out!
Here are two of Vania’s:
 
 
And here are two of Eric’s:
 
 
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THE CREDITS OF ENDING
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The Greatest Medium Format Camera Ever Made (w/ Taylor!) – Episode 64

For full show notes and photos: https://allthroughalens.com/2022/06/07/the-greatest-medium-format-camera-ever-made-w-taylor-episode-64/
 
On this, our penultimate show of the season, we’re talking to Taylor (aka @taylarlar on IG) about whether or not you can rediscover home as a photographer (and a bunch of other stuff), we’ve also gathered a few friends to help us talk about the greatest medium format camera ever made – the Mamiya RB67.  We’ll also be reviewing a new book by Liz Potter (@lizpotterphotography on IG), there’s the answering machine messages, and lots and lots more!
Taylor
Today we interview our new best friend Taylor! She’s a film photographer from Minnesota, focusing on the idea of home and revisiting previous chapters in her life. We’ve both admired her work for a long time, and when sorting out a guest for the episode, we both independently picked Taylor!
IG: @taylarlar
Here is some of her work!
 
The Greatest Medium Format Camera Ever Made!: The Mamiya RB67
The Mamiya RB67 is the greatest medium format camera ever produced. It is fully manual, requires no battery, and can double as an impact weapon. Weighing only 7lbs, the RB67 is ideal for hiking, a night on the town, or just relaxing at home.
And that’s what we’re doing now. We’re not out shooting. No, we’re recording a podcast and will tell you everything we can about the RB67. We don’t really do the whole gear talk thing, but fortunately we’ve brought along a few friends who… well, they don’t really do it either. But they’ll drop by shortly to tell you about their experiences with the greatest medium format camera ever produced!
We were helped by a few friends:
Jess Hobbs: @jesshobbsphoto; JessHobbs on YTDave Walker: @davethewalker80 on IGAly: @alysvintagecameraalley on IG; Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley on YTTaylor: @taylarlar on IGDan Tree: @dantreephoto on IG
 
 
 
Texas Grit by Liz Potter
We’ve had Liz Potter on a few times, and right now there’s definitely a bit of buzz about her. Liz is known for shooting panoramic self portraits and Polaroid lifts. But Texas Grit is neither of these. 
When a photographer carves out a little niche for herself in a specific corner of the film photography community, it’s always fun to see what else they’ve done. Texas Grit was originally released in 2019. She’s reprinted it with a new cover and introduction.
Buy the book here: https://www.lizpotterphotography.com/shop
IG: @lizpotterphotography
 
 
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Dev Party - The Panatomic Brain

Photos and full show notes here: allthroughalens.com
 
On this episode of Dev Party, both Eric and Vania develop some very expired Panatomic X! What is Panatomic X? This legendary emulsion of old was once the most beloved black & white film of professional photographers of decades past.
Vania’s Panatomic X expired in November of 1982, while Eric’s went “bad” a few months earlier in June of 1982 (the same month Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like a Wolf” was released).
While developing, Eric regales us with a short and quick history of Kodak Panatomic emulsion, starting in 1933, and going up to 1987 (or 1989)!
Both developed in HC-110 (technically LegacyPro L110, but same thing).
Vania devved in HC-110, dilution B for 6mins. And here are a few of her shots:
Eric also devved in HC-110, dilution H for 9mins. Here are some of his:
 
 
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Polaroid is Painless (w/ Alan Marx) – Episode 63

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On this episode, we’ll be talking to Alan Marx (@alanbeingalan on IG)! He’s got a new book out and we’re going to find out just what the hell it is. It’s also movie night! Sort of. We’ll be watching a couple of MASH episodes and we promise it’ll all make sense. The Film Detectives will also be dropping by to share some of their sluethy antics. There’s the answer machine, some zine reviews, and a little bit more. You’ll see! 
Alan Marx
Alan is an LA-based film photographer and painter who’s been working for thirty years. He’s recently released a book, Palindrome 91-19 documenting his work across three decades. We talk to him about what it took to rediscover his older work and how that work has affected what he’s doing now.
Web: alanjosephmarx.com
IG: @alanbeingalan
Here are some shots from Palindrome 91-19:
 
Movie Night: MASH
Sometimes we just need a night off to watch something that’s basically photography-adjacent. Tonight that is two episodes of MASH: Snap Judgement and Snappier Judgement from Season 10.
In that episode, Hawkeye recessives the first ever Polaroid Land Camera from a grateful patient. Everyone’s excited and confused! Soon, however, the camera is stolen and Klinger is blamed!
At the time of this recording, MASH is available to watch on Hulu.
 
 
Zine Review
We reviewed My Eye #6 by David Fry (@frymanbandgb on IG)
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Dev Party - Skate Or Don’t

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On this otherwise laid back episode of Dev Party, Vania has had a bit too much coffee and Eric notices.
Vania visited a skate park under a bridge and photographed its re-construction. She did so using her Hasselblad ELS (the Moon Camera from episode one). She shot it on a 220 roll of Shanghai 100. She pushed it to 400 and then devved it in Rodinal for 35 minutes. Here are a few of her pics:
Meanwhile, Eric tried out some Rollei Retro 400 shot through the RB67. The roll was devved in Rodinal 1+25 for 10.5mins. He wasn’t super impressed, but here they are:
 
 
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Hampton Comes Alive (w/ Rick Barbosa) – Episode 62

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We’ve cobbled together a fine ass show for you! We’ll be talking to Rick Barbosa (IG: @m0untainm0ney), wildland firefighter and photographer. We’ll also connect a few of our past stories while telling you about Frances Benjamin Johnston’s Hampton Album of black and Native American students in the early 1900s. And then there’s Alfred Stiegletz, real life bastard who did some pretty important stuff. And we’ve got the answering machine, a zine review and… well. Let’s see what else we’ve got. 
 
Rick Barbosa
For nearly 20 years, from 2000 to 2018, Rick Barbosa photographed fellow firefighters and wildfires in the American West, all while working the line. We’ve both been talking to him for years now and are excited to share this conversation with you today.
IG: @rick_barbosa_photos
IG: @m0untainm0ney
Here are some of his photos:
 
Frances Benjamin Johnston’s Hampton Album
Frances Benjamin Johnston has been on our radar for awhile now, and when friend of the show, Jaya Bhatt, sent Eric a 1966 edition of her Hampton Album, it sent us on a sleuthy photographic caper with twists and turns and taught us once more that sexual and racial politics in America are incredibly nuanced and complex. 
Frances Benjamin Johnston  spent a month and a half at Hampton Institute during December and January of 1899 and 1900. She was accompanied by her mother, who worked as her assistant. Across the six weeks, she exposed 150 8×10 plates and made at least three prints of each, and a set of duplicate negatives. 
Here are some of the photos we mention during the episode:
The Hampton Album also played with the idea of modernization, and included several “before and after” pages:
 
The Hampton Album was partially released by MoMA in 1966, and then finally fully released in 2019.
 
Alfred Fucking Stiegletz
We’ve mentioned Alfred Stieglitz a couple times during the Iomogen Cunningham features, and we’ll be mentioning him again later in the episode. 
We don’t have a huge desire to do a deep dive on the cantankerous fellow, but he probably deserves a bit of a backstory.
Zines
We reviewed Cautious Emergence by Michael Winston Dales (IG @mdales)
 
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Sara Murphy: IGCharlie: IG, Web; Themselves Press
 
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