MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

[Gabe]

Gabe: Lots of mood, very nice.

Thanks John.

[MultiFormat Shooter]

In a Cemetery, Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

Nice shot, Autsin. It looks very peaceful.

[austin granger]

Thank you. It is very peaceful, and right up the hill from where I live. I've been photographing there for years.

[austin granger]

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

[Iga]

Peñas Negras, near Bilbao, Vizcaya

Mamiya 7, 65mm lens, HP5 film

[h2oman]

This is powerful. I don't want to highjack this thread into prohibited non-photo topics, but when I look at small towns like this it seems it's no wonder that our society is so polarized. People in Winona and places like this really live in a different country. I hope you have a long-term goal of combining many of these images into a new book, along with your reflections on them.

David Plowden was making similar images in the 1960s and 1970s. The decay of small towns is not a new phenomenon...

[John Olsen]

David Plowden was making similar images in the 1960s and 1970s. The decay of small towns is not a new phenomenon...

Thanks for the historical view. Maybe an interesting re-photography project to see how 50 years has changed things? At any rate, I think the gulf between small town life and the metropolitan lifestyle is far greater today. I'll look at the Plowden images.

[h2oman]

At any rate, I think the gulf between small town life and the metropolitan lifestyle is far greater today.

Agreed.

Plowden is a wonderful photographer. I have his book "Imprints," which was a retrospective at the time it was published. Excellent reproductions, and can be found used (it's out of print) for almost nothing.

[ALVANDI Camera]

Iran, Hasselblad 500 C/M, Carl Zeiss Distagon 50/4 CFi, Hoya red filter, Ilford FP4

[ALVANDI Camera]

Iran, Hasselblad 500 C/M, Carl Zeiss Distagon 50/4 CFi, Hoya red filter, Ilford FP4 120 roll film