I do struggle to write unique and interesting introductory paragraphs for my weekly roundup of blog posts I enjoyed reading. But I’m not sure it really matters what I write here as you’re here to click the links anyway!
He had more of an adventure with the driver he hired, and his clapped-out car, than seeing the wild animals in the conservancy. But Dr. Alfred Prunesquallor said he had a great time anyway. And he came back with some lovely photos. Read Ol Pejeta
A photograph of an abandoned bridge on very expired film, and a meditation on how our modern highway network has let us lose touch with the land. Eric Swanger on the effect of permanent crossings. Read Sworn with Uplifted
Leah shares some remarkable, and creepy, photos of human bones stored in catacombs beneath Paris. Bones of six million people. Read Before Us / Beneath Us
The great Berlin Typography blog considers that unsung hero, the a umlaut. Read Umlauts of Berlin, Part 2: Ä
Camera reviews and experience reports:
- Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie (Dale Willetts)
- Plaubel Makina 67 (Hamish Gill)
- Lomography Belair (Conor Corkum)
- Olympus OM-4 (Alex Luyckx)
- Minolta A5 (Mark O’Brien)
- Minolta Dynax 9xi (Robert Smith)
See my review of this camera (named Maxxum rather than Dynax in the US) here - Pentax P30T (Peggy Anne)
- Cosmic (Smena) Symbol (Alan D)
- Polaroid Sun 660 (Josh Solomon)
- Demaria-Lapierre Dehel folding camera (John Margetts)