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Simon Allis
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I'm Cornish, centre left and no, I'm not getting over loosing my EU citizenship.

Avid reader, love music from the 70s and a vintage camera user.
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Simon Allis @simonallis.bsky.social · Aug 10
Hvitsten Pier Norway 2022. Taken using a plastic Holga camera.
Black and white Holga image of Hvitsten Pier Norway on a still but misty day.
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Oslo skyline, image taken from the Holmenkollen Ski Area, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Holmenkollen Ski Area, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Foot ferry to the islands - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Time to mow the roof - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Sun through the grasses - Fredrikstad fortress, Østfold county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Frozen moat - Fredrikstad fortress, Østfold county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Drawbridge - Fredrikstad, a port city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
Drawbridge over a frozen moat
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Drøbak, municipality of Frogn, Akershus county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Drøbak, municipality of Frogn, Akershus county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
January 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Bright tree - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm #tree
January 18, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

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Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Kirke - Hvisten, Akershus county, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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Petrol station - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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Pumping gas - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Fence - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
Winter scene of fencing and small wooden houses
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Hest - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm
A horse in a frozen muddy field.
January 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Icicles - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200 converted to B/W

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
Black and white image of a medieval building with icicles hanging from the eves.
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Down at the old docks - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
Black and white image of people waiting for the tram, with Oslo city hall in the background
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Crossing the street - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Walking on the Opera House roof - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Catching the tram - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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A frosty afternoon walk in Hvisten, Akershus county, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm
A monochrome image of three kayaks moored on a beach.
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Fredrikstad old town - Fredrikstad is a port city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

#photography #iphone #norway #blackandwhite #tree #monochrome
Monochrome image of an open fortress gateway and a view of the river.
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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Fredrikstad is a port city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

#photography #iphone #norway #blackandwhite #tree #monochrome
Monochrome image of a frozen moat.
December 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM