All Through a Lens: A Podcast About Film Photography

Dev Party – Embarrassingly Heavy Cream

Full show notes and photos available at www.allthroughalens.com
 
Welcome to another episode of Dev Party! Along with developing some film, we’ve got our first entry in the embarrassing (photography-related) stories request. This was submitted by a listener who thought a milk dress would be a good idea. Hint: It was.Also, Vania thinks her face is “presidential,” but not in a good way. Eric muses about bad photos vs. bad photo days and realizes he might not be as pessimistic as he thought (which changes absolutely nothing).
Photographically speaking, Vania developed Fomapan 200 with FA-1027; 1+19; 10.5mins. Here are her shots that she took with her Graflex Super D:
 
Meanwhile, Eric shot Fomapan 100 on a hike with the Chamonix. He devved with FA-1027; 1+14; 9mins. And here are his:
 
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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
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Grain Is Clumps, Okay? (w/ Jess Hobbs) - Episode 61

On this episode we’re talking to photographer, podcaster, and YouTuber Jess Hobbs! We’ll also break out the lab jackets and talk about the science behind film and development. Not only that, we’ll welcome The Film Detectives  – they’re together again for the first time! We’ve also got some great answering machine responses, and a really special zine review, plus so much more… 
Jess Hobbs!
The videos produced by Jess Hobbs stand apart from your typical “dude behind a desk” YouTube videos. Hers are cinematic, they tell a story, they’re a quiet meditation. Her photography is simple and elegant with a quiet thoughtfulness to it. And today we’re talking to her!
Here are some of her photos:
IG: @jesshobbsphoto
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JessHobbs
Classic Camera Revival Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/classiccamerarevival/
Dora Goodman Blog: https://doragoodman.com/blog/
Emulsive articles: https://emulsive.org/author/jess-hobbs
Zines
This episode Eric reviewed Vania’s zine!
Get it here: https://vaniazask.com/zines
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THE CREDITS OF ENDING
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, ZinesEric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
Sara Murphy: IGCharlie: IG, Web; Themselves Press
 
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Dev Party - And Then There Was Alan

On this episode of Dev Party we’ve got a guest! It’s Alan Marx (@alanbeingalan on IG)! He joins us in “The Futures” because Vania developed a roll of film that he shot.
That was a roll of expired Fuji Neopan 1600 that he shot with a Pentax K1000. Vania developed the roll in PMK 1+2+100; 12 mins. And here are two shots from it:
 
Meanwhile, Eric shot with a new old 270mm brass lens on Fomapan 100. He devved in FA-1027. Here they are:
 
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Don’t Hassle Me, I’m Local (w/ Charlie Camuglia and Sara Murphy) – Episode 60

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On this unique little episode, we’ve found ourselves a couple of new correspondents – Sara Murphy and Charlie Chux Camuglia! We’ll also be talking about  W.E.B. Du Bois and hundreds of photos of black Americans which he presented at the 1900 Paris Expo. And as usual, there’s the answering machine question, a couple of zine reviews, and a discussion on a recently-published controversial article about women in the film community.
First, the article in question can be found here: https://kosmofoto.com/2022/04/she-shoots-film-who-cares-a-female-photographers-perspective
Sara Murphy and Charlie Chux Camuglia
You might remember Charlie (@casualscience on IG) from Themselves Press from Episode 41 – Mugshots and Memorials. Either way, they’re back with Sara Murphy (@thefutureofwhat on IG). And why are we interviewing them together? Because they’re the newest members of All Through a Lens!
Every other episode or so Charlie and Sara, The Film Detectives will investigate all the film photography related mysteries, quandaries, and even some drama!
But for now they’re here to hang out and chit the chat with us!
For a quick intro, here’s some of Sara’s work:
 
 
And here are some from Charlie:
 
 
 
W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Photography at the 1900 Paris Expo
W.E.B. De Bois is remembered as a civil rights leader, a historian, a sociologist, and one of the founders of the NAACP. But he also amassed one of the largest collections of photographs of black middle class families to present to the world at the 1900 Paris Exposition. 
He presented two sorts of photos to fair goers. First, were the portraits of middle class black people. Here are a few examples:
 
He also shared various “slice of life” photos:
We also mentioned some of the charts that his university students made:
 
Zine Reviews
Monochrome Mania, Issue 7 by Mark O’Brien – $12, fullsize, color – https://www.etsy.com/shop/mfophotos
The View from the Driver’s Seat by Jaya Bhat – $10, halfsize, bw – https://jayabhat.bigcartel.com/product/view-from-the-drivers-seat
 
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Dev Party – Stop or I Shall Say Stop Again!

On this episode of Dev Party, we’re hearing from a tired and sickly Vania, while Eric contemplates stop baths. There’s also some more talk about non-photography stuff we keep in our camera bags (guess which one of us carries nothing extra!).
Vania developed a roll of Ilford SFX in HC-110, and here are a few of her pics:
 
Eric developed expired Kodak TMax 100 in FA-1027, and here are a few of his:
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Ready for a Picnic: Solo Camping and Photography (w/ Liz Potter) - Episode 59

We’ve got a fairly unique show for you today. We’ll be talking with Liz Potter (@lizpotterphotography on IG) – not about Polaroid lifts, but about the photos she takes while camping solo. Along with that, we’ll look into how photographers camped out in the old days, and how their experiences compare to our own. We’ll also have some zine reviews, the answering machine, and some stuff on something called tin types.
Liz Potter
Web: https://www.lizpotterphotography.com/
IG: @lizpotterphotography
The hope of camping out that comes over one in early spring, the laying of plans and arranging of details is, I sometimes think, even more enjoyable than reality itself. As there is pleasure in this, let me advise you to give a practical turn to your anticipations.
– John M. Gould, How to Camp Out, 1877
If there’s one person we could talk to about solo camping and photography, it would be Liz Potter. Her beautiful panoramic photos and self portraits show her fearless devotion to solo desert camping.
In this episode, we all talk about our experiences camping and shooting all on our lonesome. We each have different styles and goals, but we each have a lot of common ground to nod over.
Here are some:
William Henry Jackson
While we muse and laugh about solo camping, from time to time, Eric reads from an unpublished diary by 1800s photographer William Henry Jackson, who wrote extensively about his life as a camping large format photographer.
 
Hull and I carried two cameras. The first was a standard 8 x 10. The other was a stereo: with a pair of brass-barreled Willard lenses, it looked like a young cannon. Then, besides the bulky plates, we had a mass of collodions, silver baths and developers. We may have looked as if we were ready for a picnic - but it wasn't one.
 
The diary in question comes from the summer of 1869. It’s available here.
And if you’re a Patreon subscriber, you can listen to Eric read the whole damn thing.
While his work is fairly available, most of what he shot during this period is not. Here is what we could find:
 
Zine Reviews
Offseason #1 by Ralph Brandi: https://www.etsy.com/shop/offseasonzine $8 shipped in the US
Lost Coast Land by Robert: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1182052057/lost-coastland
 
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Dev Party - Dry Plates All Wet

On this episode of Dev Party, Eric and Vania develop dry plates! That’s right! Photographic emulsion on glass! How does that work? Basically like film – with a catch.
Vania shot Zebra Dry Plates and developed in HC-110. Here’s one:
And Eric developed a J. Lane Dry Plate, but effed up the exposure and got nothing. However, the following day he tried again (and took a backup shot on Fomapan!). First the dry plate, and then the Foma. Both were 60 second exposures at around f/12.
 
Here’s a list of links you might need to get started:
Plates:
J. Lane 4×5 2ISO – https://www.pictoriographica.com/store/p9/J_Lane_Dry_Plates_-_ASA_2.html
J. Lane 4×5 25ISO – https://www.pictoriographica.com/store/p11/www.pictoriographica.com/store/p11/J_Lane_Speed_Plates_-_ASA_25.html.html
Zebra 4×5 Dry Plates – https://www.etsy.com/listing/832159911/zebra-4×5-dry-plates-10-hand-coated
Plate Holders:
Zebra Dry Plate Holder – https://www.etsy.com/listing/1013918529/zebra-4×5-dual-glass-dry-plate-holder
ChromaGraphica Dry Plate Holder – https://www.freestylephoto.biz/185450-ChromaGraphica-Double-Dry-Plate-Holder-4×5
Developing Tank:
Stearman Press Tank (for all 4×5 sheets) – https://shop.stearmanpress.com/products/rev-4-sp-445-compact-4×5-film-processing-system
Plate Holders for the Stearman Press Tank – https://shop.stearmanpress.com/collections/photography/products/4×5-plate-holders-pair
Hardening Fixer – https://www.freestylephoto.biz/731712-LegacyPro-BandW-Powder-Hardening-Fixer-to-Make-1-Gallon
 
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A Little Beauty in Everything: Imogen Cunningham; (w/ Serbest Salih from Sirkhane Darkroom) - Episode 58

On this episode we are talking to Serbest Salih of the Sirkhane Mobile Darkroom along the Turkey Syrian border. We’ll also be presenting the second part of our story on Imogen Cunningham. Before that, there’s a couple of photographically-related songs that we’d like to tell you about. There’s also the answering machine, zine reviews and quite a bit more.
 
Serbest Salih from Sirkhane Darkroom
Serbest Salih is a film photographer living in Mardin, Turkey. He runs the Sirkhane darkroom – a mobile darkroom project servicing refugee and local children on the Turkish and Syrian border. The mobile darkroom also a branch in Iraq.
Here are all the links you need to help:
IG: @sirkhanedarkroom
Web: https://heryerdesanat.org/darkroom
Buy their book: I Saw the Air Fly: https://www.mackbooks.us/products/i-saw-the-air-fly-br-sirkhane-darkroom
Serbest Salih’s IG: @servestsalih_
Here are some of the images from I Saw the Air Fly:
 
And here are some recent images from the Sirkhane Darkroom IG feed:
 
Imogen Cunningham, Part 2
We’re back to conclude our Imogen feature. When last we left Imogene Cunningham, she had just divorced Roi and was about to photograph the Unemployed Exchange Association sawmill with Dorothea Lange! It was 1934, the Great Depression was in full swing, and Imogene was ready to begin the rest of her life.
Imogen on Carson: https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/imogen-cunningham-on-the-tonight-show-with-johnny-carson/
Portrait of Imogen (Imogen discussing many of her photos – this is the film they played at the Imogen Cunningham Exhibit): https://archive.org/details/SCV23
Imogen Cunningham, A Portrait by John Korty: https://archive.org/details/imogencunninghamphotographer
Here are most of the photos we referenced in the episode:
 
Songs About Photography
We also looked at two songs that had something to do with photography.
Eric chose Guy Clark’s “My Favorite Picture of You”
 
Vania chose Spoon’s “Turn My Camera On”
 
Zine Reviews
Eric reviewed Sidewalks by Garon Kiesel @grain_or_die
as well as the new monthly offering from Themselves Press!
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Dev Party – Stand and the Basics

We’re taking it back to the basics! Have you never devved before? Have you devved a long time ago and want a refresher? This might be the episode for you!
Both Eric and Vania devved in Rodinal. Vania took the easy way out and did a 60min semi-stand with a mix of 1+100. Here are her results using Kodak Double X:
 
In the meantime, Eric developed two sheets of Fomapan 100 in 1+50 for 8.5 mins. He was testing a new-to-him lens in the process. Here are the results:
 
Finally, as promised, here’s Eric’s collection of 120 (and others) boxes:
 
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Dishpan and Darkroom: Imogene Cunningham (w/ Courtney Coles) - Episode 57

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On today’s show we’ll be talking to photographer Courtney Coles (@kernieflakes) about her warm and quiet photos. We’ll also discuss the various photographic incarnations of Imogen Cunningham. Vania’s recently taken some cinematic inspiration – there’s the answering machine, zine reviews, and so much more!
Courtney Coles
Courtney Coles is a photographer, writer and professor, born and raised in Los Angeles. Her work centers on the idea of home, even when she’s away from it. Her eye for finding the beautiful and important among the everyday and ordinary is inspiring. She has agreed to tell us all about it, so let’s give Courtney a call.
IG: @kernieflakes
Twitter: @kernieflakes
Web: courtneycoles.com
 
Imogen Cunningham (Part One)
Imogene Cunningham photographed for nearly 75 years. Throughout her long career, she allowed herself to be influenced by the friends she made throughout the photography community. There isn’t really a single thread running through her work that you could look at and think “this is what makes this photo a Cunningham,” and yet she was not without her own style and philosophy – though both changed throughout the years. 
In one way, she was a sponge, soaking up all of the inspiration she could find. And in another, she was a scavenger, feasting on the work of others before her, but doing almost everything they did better. She was a photographic anarchist, holding herself to no stringent set of rules, while playing within and around tradition, rulesets, good taste and expectations.
And that’s where it gets interesting.
Here is some of her work which we discuss in this episode:
 
Zine Reviews
The Elements & Principles of Visual Analysis by Graham Parsons
Better Off No. 4: Paulo Buencamino
 
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