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The intimate portraits of burns survivors, taken on collodion
Pleas note: This article includes some nudity and graphic images of burns.
Clément Marion is a...
The Kazakhstan collector bringing Soviet cameras back to life
It’s almost exactly a year ago since Andrey Khludeyev started writing for Kosmo Foto.
He originally...
Street Candy announces new MTN 100 black-and-white film
Film brand Street Candy has announced a new 100-speed black-and-white film.
The film, which the brand...
Fujifilm axes Pro 400H colour negative film
Fujifilm has axed its Pro 400H colour negative film, saying it can no longer find...
105-year-old camera store and renowned camera museum close doors due to pandemic
A much-loved camera store that has been trading for 105 years – and its world-famous...
Soviet-Chinese camera collaboration: The birth of a giant
By Vladimir Zverev
I talked with old specialists from the Soviet factories Lomo (Lazar Zalmanov, St...
BelOMO Siluet-Elektro review
The giant Soviet camera industry in the Cold War included a vast number of design...
The humble Soviet camera that made it to the top of Mt Everest
On 29 May 1953, New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay wrestled...
Soviet-Chinese camera collaboration: An introduction
In the first of a three-part series for Kosmo Foto, Russian photo historian Vladimir Zverev...
This rare Soviet prototype camera could sell for $80,000
A prototype of the ingenious Soviet Leningrad rangefinder camera goes on sale at an auction...
Camera Reviews
Pentax ME Super review
By Aaron Gold
“I just want you to live up to the image of you I...
BelOMO Siluet-Elektro review
The giant Soviet camera industry in the Cold War included a vast number of design...
Contax T3 review
By Jay SE1
Lust. Just a tiny word, but considered absolutely sinful by many. Many of...
BelOMO Agat 18k review
By Lester Ledesma
Maybe it’s because I’m a film camera enthusiast. Or maybe it’s the occasional...
Zorki-4 review
By Caleb Snyder Dicesare
Ever since I discovered photography, with a Nikon D40 lent to me...
Soviet-Chinese camera collaboration: An introduction
In the first of a three-part series for Kosmo Foto, Russian photo historian Vladimir Zverev...
Rare Leica Gun Rifle camera sells for €140,000 at auction
A rare Leica Gun Rifle camera system has sold for €140,000 (£125,000/$166,000) at the Leitz...
Camera used to take 1950s candids of Marilyn Monroe goes on sale
A camera once used by one of Marilyn Monroe’s teenage confidantes to take candid pictures...
The creepy 1970s adverts for the ‘Girl Watcher’ telephoto lens
The lot of female photographers is not always rosy. Even the most famous are routinely...
The confiscated Kodak factory that made film for the Nazis and Communist East Germany
By Joerg Kowalski
George Eastman was born on 12 July 1854 in Waterville, NY. At the...
