#presscamera

5—and then Louis Mendes took this amazing “classic” (his word!) shot of me and Jean Andre with our #vintage cameras: his 1947 #presscamera with a #Polaroid back, and my 1980’s #spectra // @jaaphotos #streetphotographer #ny #nyc #newyork #soho #newyorkcity ... . Camera: #crowngraphic Speed Graphic Film: #Fujifilm #fp100c #packfilm #film (expired discontinued...) Scan: Canon 9000fmkii Photog: @louismendesphotography . . We are #creators and a place to #shop for #vintage and new #instant #photography products . . #instantphoto #films #pola #filmisnotdead #shootfilm #instantphotography #polas #analogphotography #packfilm #savepackfilm #polaroids @mintcamera @polaroid @polaroidoriginals @supersense @polaprojects (at Spring Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JiFe6Akws/?igshid=sb8spj5zh3s8

Shot on Hasselblad 500 C/M 50mm lens using Ilford HP5. 

My initial purchase didn't pan out. I overpaid by nearly $100, so I returned the #Yashica MAT 124G. Luckily, some more due diligence led me to a gentleman with a Yashica MAT EM. He doesn't have it anymore. He's also short two #Mamiya #cameras, a #presscamera and a #MamiyaC22 #tlr. I did a lot of Driving today, but I think I'm a happy man! Now, who wants to teach me how to use them??? #camera #mediumformat #bw #blackandwhite #schwartzweiss #rangefinder #noidea #shootfilm #fineartphotography #fineartphotographer #documentaryphotography #documentarylandscape #newtoys #capecodphotographer #capecodphotography (at Cape Cod) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmALNLmPkle/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s amazing how inanimate objects can bring such an immediate connection to one’s personal history. I picked up my Nikon FM2, a camera which I bought at least 26 years ago. Dented and scarred, it was once even waterlogged, but a day by a radiator brought it back to life and it’s continued to work ever since. It felt absolutely right as I raised it to my eye and focused the 35mm Nikkor. It felt so natural, so instinctive, like I had only used it on assignment earlier in the day; the fact is, I have no recollection what the last assignment I shot on it was. Such a phenomenal camera. For full on nostalgic measure, it lives in a Domke F2 camera bag alongside my Nikon F3. #classiccamera #filmcamera #presscamera #toolsofthetrade #camera #slr #nikon #nikonfm2 #nikonslr #nikkor #photojournalist #press #personalhistory @nikon.uk @nikoneurope (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO01zoZnT8s/?igshid=pzv0uwf96ok

Portrait of a NYC Icon & Photographer • Louis Mendes • • • #louismendes #streetportrait #spontaneousphoto #instanyc #peopleofnyc #nycicons #streetphotography #monochrome #vintagecamera #filmphotographer #polaroidcamera #tamron35mm #withmytamron #presscamera #streetphotographer #speedgraphic #photographyisthemuse (at B&H Photo Video Pro Audio)

Korea, 1951 (photo by Werner Bischof) by Dizzy Atmosphere on Flickr.

Cool Cameras by Ryan Gardiner on Flickr.