💻 Putting it there broke all sorts of rules, but now the very people whose rules were broken embrace the thing as a local landmark. It’s a shark sticking out of the roof of a row house in Headington, Oxford, England, and Michael McNeill has a photo and its story. Read The Headington Shark
💻 Stephen Dowling remembers the Evening Standard, a London newspaper that did all right as newspapers declined — right up until Covid killed its evening-commuter audience. Read Single Frame: ES eyes
💻 If you want to know all of the arcane details about a particular model of camera, you need but ask a collector, says warns Jerome. Read Never Talk to Camera Collectors — You’ve Been Warned!
📷 Dave Jenkins continues his Seeing Photos series by sharing a tip: look for something out of place. He shares some examples. Read Seeing Photos: Look for Something Out of Place
📷 Kevin Allan reviews an old folding camera I’d never heard of before. It has an oddly named Mulchro shutter. Read Ensign Carbine No. 5
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