Category Archives: Rolleiflex

How to Make Something Beautiful (part two)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by John Durant

Japanese woodblock: my vintage Canon F-1n (20mm f/2.8) Start with something completely familiar – like an analog single lens reflex. Find a chunk of clear Douglas fir and sketch directly to … Continue reading →

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Simple, Reliable & Classic

Posted on June 25, 2013 by John Durant

Broken Hill – Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego California Whenever I get out of sync with the world, I go back to the basics. With surfing it’s always been a big single-fin pintail. For everything else there’s my Rolleiflex. … Continue reading →

Posted in American Photographic Artists, California, Fujichrome, Ilford FP4, Kodak Plus-X, Kodak T-Max, Kodak Tri-X, Rolleiflex, San Diego, Torrey Pines, Uncategorized, Vintage cameras | Tagged Broken Hill, California, rolleiflex, San Diego, surfing, Torrey Pines Association, Torrey Pines State Reserve | 2 Comments

How To Make Something Beautiful (part one)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by John Durant

Wood-block print: Rolleiflex f/3.5 with rare reversed D. Start with something you love. It has to be the kind of thing you can’t leave alone, something with a pleasing heft, well made and beautiful. Like an old Rollei. Find a … Continue reading →

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Classic Noir

Posted on November 15, 2012 by John Durant

April – shot through a vintage Rolleiflex f/3.5 In the most general sense, Noir is a cinema term for a genre of film-making that concerns itself with evil, moral corruption, alienation and disillusionment. A classic Noir film featured women that smoked, … Continue reading →

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