Exhibition: Shadowlands II – Penny Dunstan
‘In the Upper Hunter Valley, open-cut coal mining is transforming what was once agricultural land into unfamiliar landscapes. The trace of history has been severed…
How to make a 2×5 adaptor for 4×5 film holders
By David Tatnall I don’t like to crop my negatives; in fact I almost always make my photographs by composing them to the very edge…
Exhibition: Time and Tide – David Tatnall
Time and Tide Photographs by David Tatnall Colour Factory Gallery 409-429 Gore Street, Fitzroy. Victoria 6 July - 5 August 2017 Photograph above: West Cove,…
Book review: British Watchtowers – Donovan Wylie
For over a year Donovan Wylie photographed these towers. Working entirely from an elevated position, enabled by military helicopter, he created a systematic survey…
Review: Wanderlust Travelwide 4×5
There was a great deal of excitement, several years ago, when two young Chicago designers proposed their design for a lightweight 4x5 travel camera, complete…
Review: Bergger Pancro400 Sheet Film
Context This film was tested in the field rather than in controlled light conditions. A spot meter and the zone system were used to calculate…
Exhibition: Iceland – An Uneasy Calm – Tim Rudman
"Icelanders know that the recent chaos caused to air travellers around the world after the volcanic eruptions by Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull could be as nothing…
Exhibition: Mike Ware – Iron & Icons
Blanco Negro presents Dr Mike Ware’s Iron & Icons. 28 June - 11 August 2017 About the processes: Since the first days of photography there…
Rock-paper-film! By Christine Scott-Young
A report of the ‘Friends of Photography Group’ Mt Buffalo National Park weekend, led by David Tatnall, 5-7 May 2017 The rock formations of Mt…