I hear repeated messages that large format is booming. Film and camera sales are up all over the place, despite rising costs. It is no wonder that we see new players on the market, especially in the new New World. Chamonix is a new camera manufacturer in Zhejiang province in China. They have several standard camera sizes on sale but seem to be able... 

Reading the odd commentary I have come across the term large format or even 8×10 aesthetic. Is there really such a thing? The answer seems yes and no. Similar to perhaps Leica [35mm] aesthetic there are photographs that exhibit a certain common characteristic. However, it seems implausible that this can be attributed alone to the choice of format... 

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I don’t know if this is some sort of scam or scheme, but when browsing comments on flickr you see more and more of those Congratulations, please add your photo to our group  kind of postings. I have no idea what the purpose of this is, are the group owners getting any benefits out of this or is it really just because someone likes the picture?... 

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Anyone interested in photography would probably agree that phototown sounds like a pretty attractive term. A city dedicated to photography, perhaps? Well, yes, there is such a place: Higashikawa in Hokkaido has been calling itself 写真の町 since 1984 and is dedicated to the photographic arts. During our summer holiday break we happened to stay in...