Documentary Photography Archives

24 February, 2026

5 Frames with a Nikonos V and Rollei 400 Infrared film in the dust of Burning Man 2025

By Thomas Kehr

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to the concept of Burning Man. Maybe it’s from growing up with Mad Max films, maybe it’s a love for Frank Herbert and the Dune nov...

3 February, 2026

Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge — January 1st, 2026

By Scott Ferguson

When fellow 35mmc contributor David Pauley suggested a photo outing to shoot the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s morning, I didn’t hesitate for a second...

2 February, 2026

Polar Bear Plunge – New Year’s Day 2026, Coney Island NYC

By David Pauley

In the company of my friend and fellow 35mmc conspirator Scott Ferguson, I returned to Coney Island on January 1 for the 123rd Annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge. Sco...

28 January, 2026

Broken Machines – A Photo Project

By RichardH

Most all vehicles and heavy machinery come to an end of useful service, recycled for parts and valuable metals. It is an efficient reclamation process involving distant scrap m...

27 January, 2026

Ilford HP5 Plus at a Historical Engine Factory

By Martin H

After getting back into film and starting the Analogue Photography series with the iconic Kodak Tri-X, I turned to its European counterpart for this round — the equally legendar...

26 December, 2025

Westminster Bridge Matam – My Most Divisive Photograph of 2025

By Simon King

There’s starting the year strong, and there’s whatever I managed to do this year, in making a photograph I was incredibly pleased with, while also incurring a conseq...

26 December, 2025

5 Frames featuring L.A.’s Skateboard Culture

By Gordon Ownby

In more than 20 years photographing on the streets of Los Angeles, I’ve never once set out to take photos of skateboarders. And yet, I have more photographs of skateboarders in ...

24 December, 2025

Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

By Andrea Monti

In the heart of Iya Valley, in Tokushima Prefeture, lies Nagoro, the Scarecrow Village. Half a ghost-town, half a still inhabited place, Nagoro’s main population is compos...

Miky on Sony Mavica Floppy Disk Camera and the Shitty Camera Challenge
Thank you for your reply Bill. I bit the apple and got myself an FD97. In the coming weeks I'll…
Safiyyah on Pakistan With the Olympus E1 and E3 – Part 2 Overlanding the Karakoram and Hindu Kush by 4×4
So many incredible images of an incredible people and culture! Thanks for sharing!
Geoff Chaplin on Divided Development – An Introduction
The solutions are far from saturated at normal temperatures (16+). I guess somehow the local temperature (perhaps caused by nearby…

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