Snowy Cross, Morzine, France

Another archive print from 5 or 6 years ago. This was one of the first rolls of film I put through the Voitlander Bessa R3a - see image below. The film was Ilford FP4 developed in staining developer Prescysol and printed onto Ilford Multigrade paper in my darkroom.



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Fenland Project

Fenland revisited, big skies, straight roads...beautiful....at least it is to some of us...I guess moutains streams and spectacular scenery does it for others.
Appreciate where you are, where you live....look at it through fresh eyes....see the unseen, the overlooked the forgotten and above all......

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Accordian Player, Montmarte

I may have posted this image or a similar one a few years ago, anyway just rediscovered it as I load stuff onto my Flikr site (Search for Andrew Bartram (Warboyssnapper).
Julie and I had a weekend in Paris when our Son was very, very small. Wandering around Montmarte on the last day with the Olympus OM1n and YashicaMat 124G we stumbled upon this man playing his accordian. Typically French of course.

Printed in the darkroom on Ilford MG RC Paper with some selective bleaching here and there to boost local contrast.

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St Ives Town Bridge, Cambridgeshire

Printed this yesterday afternoon, it's a negative from a roll of 120 film from my Wooden Pinhole Camera. With a fixed "pinhole" aperture of f138 this leads to logish exposures, blurring of water and in this case the movement of the swans.

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Instant Flowers

If you have a Polaroid 600 typr camera or any SX70 cameras (folding or box plastic) then did you know film is still available? Not from Polaroid, they stopped making it in 2009. Within a year a group of Polaroid enthusiasts and some former Polaroid employees had bought what was left of the Polaroid Machinery and re-engineered Instant Film from scratch. Much of the material that Polaroid had used in their original formulations was not available or too expensive.
What has followed, over the last 2 years has been a remarkable colaboration beteen the Impossible Project and their Customer. Films have been developed, each new issue brings improvements in emulsion, colours, tones and spread - Customers have in effect been beta testers for Impossible.
Visit the Impossible Project at http://www.the-impossible-project.com/

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The Cat in the Hat

Julie had returned home from a successful World Book Day at our Village School, I had to grab the Polaroid SX70 and flash away.

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British Museum

A trip to the British Museum a few years ago.
This time with the Olympus OM1n with the super sharp Zuiko 28mm lens

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Three Random Images

These have absolutely nothing in common save for the fact they were all shot using the Polaroid 103 and Fuji 100c peel apart film.
The Album playing on the Rega is Erpland by Ozric Tentacles...if you are interested...the phone boxes are at Hopwood Park Services on the M42 South of Birmingham and the Alloy Wheel Garage is in Great Yarmouth.

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More Archive Stuff - Woodbridge, Suffolk

At the time I shot this I was using pretty much exclusively, my Olympus OM1, usuall with the 28mm Zuiko Lens. It's still a combination that's hard to beat.
A low viewpoint coupled with a red filter to enhance the contrast has helped with the drama.

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From the Archives

James was a baby in the pram when we went to the Orsett Show in Essex, in those days I shot exclusively on my Olympus OM1n camera, still a favourite and those Zuiko Lenses are so crisp.
This old man was driving a traction engine and had leasnt out of his window to chat with a mate.

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More from the "Home town"

Another weekend....another trip to Great Yarmouth.....Found a new model to photograph although she hardly stopped giggling...I wanted her to look m"Mournfully into the distance".....

Saw the heads in a little shop in the town centre, hand held the Polaroid 103 and very pleased with the odd result.

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West End Garage, SOmersham

Another favourite subject, this time returned with Polaroid 103 and fuji film - bit of a dull day but I had to capture it whillst the snow was on the ground.

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Caister On Sea - Blurry Sea Cliche

OK, so slow exposures, water looking like smoke engulfing water soaked rocks.....yeah it's all been done before...still like it though.
Bronica ETRSi, Ilford FP4, printed on Ilford MG paper

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Media City and The Lowry Centre

Not much more to say other than the beautiful combo of the Polaroid 103 Land Camera and Fuji 100b peel apart film.......

Salford Quays #2

I was fascinated by the modern architecture sprouting out of the ground in Salford Quays. The Imperial War Museum's award winning building was conceived by Daniel Libeskind and is based on a globe shattered by conflict into 3 pieces or shards.
Fuji 100b instant film has now been discontinued but I have a few packs in the fridge....ready for New York in the Summer

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Salford Quays, Manchester

First of a number of images made whilst wandering around the wonderful Salford Quays. It's where Media City is rising up like a phoenix. They are even building a new coronation street there.
A great Birthday weekend.

Polaroid 103 Automatic Land Camera, Fuji 100c and Fuji 100b (getting hard to find at a reasonable price)

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Fenland Project revisited

Wheeled out the Bronica ETRSi medium format camera for this image shot just outside Ramsey. Ilford HP5 developed in Prescysol, a staining developer. Printed in my darkroom onto Ilford Multigrade paper.
The menacing mood of the place and the landscape comes over rather well I think.

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Buddies USA

Can't wait to get to the States to see and photograph some American Diners (proper).
A good reason to keep a camera with you at all times, suddenly you see trends emerging, being drawn to particular subjects.
Polaroid 103 Automatic Land Camera, Fuji 100c peel apart film.

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Roadside Diners

Another emerging project, alongside seaside towns and the Fens is roadside diners and cafes. Unlike the USA we don't seem to be blessed with lots of small independent diners, some copies like the OK Diners on the A1 and some "Buddies" American Diners you can find.
Back to the Fuji 100c for these photos shot on Polaroid 103 Automatic Land Camera.

Couple more darkroom prints from last Summer's holiday in Skiathos.
We'd been on a boat trip round the island and now were wandering around the old town.
Still amazed at the way the 10 year old developer has handled these exposures.
Ilford Multigrade Paper
Meopta Magnifax Enlarger
Schneider Companon 105mm lens
My camera was a YashicaMat 124g loaded with Ilford FP4