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Jim Rohan

@jimrohanjr.bsky.social

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Retired from the commercial photography world. Currently in the amateur photography world. Awful cameras with sometimes even worse film. Printmaker. Twitter/X/Facebook refugee. www.jamesrohan.com Many more photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimrohan/

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · Jun 1

"Rockefeller Center Skating Rink". A handheld, multiple exposure image made with a #Holga camera in NYC. #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography

A square, black and white photo made with a Holga plastic film camera.
Ghostly figures of ice skaters fill much of the frame; the result of making several exposures (six or so) on one frame of film.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 9h

It's such a great location as well.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 10h

Making note of this for my next NYC trip. Thanks for posting.

Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks so much.

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Nobleson @trchtr.bsky.social · 15h

Don´t know if you ever heard of Magpies Magazine before, but I had a little feature about my work there two years ago...

magpiesmagazine.com/2023/11/29/a...

All I Had to Do Was Listen: An Interview with Torsten Richter

“Sometimes I’m following the light. Sometimes I’m following the clouds. And sometimes I’m looking for something I do not know beforehand.” An interview with Torsten Ri…

magpiesmagazine.com

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 11h

Great feature. Well worth reading.

Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 11h

Another wonderful Holga image Andrew.

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Andrew Keedle @apkeedle.bsky.social · 13h

Another keeper from #holgaweek walk at Brighton with a great bunch of Holga lovers

#photography #filmphotography

A high-grain, black and white photograph captures the ruins of the West Pier in Brighton, England, silhouetted against a vast, cloudy sky and the churning sea. The pier's skeletal, burnt-out dome and fragmented supports jut out from the water in the middle distance. In the foreground, the shingle beach slopes down, with a single, small, dark figure standing near the water's edge on the lower right, adding a sense of scale and solitude to the dramatic, textured scene. The photograph evokes a somber, atmospheric mood.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 17h

Autumn. Decal paper print on synthetic medium. #printmaking

A black and white image of autumn leaves floating on the surface of a pond. Branches of surrounding trees are reflected in the water. Large cracks in the print itself create the effect of additional branches. The irregular edges of the print itself resemble a polaroid emulsion transfer.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 1d

That's a great image Andrew. It has such a beautiful balance to it with a bit of mystery thrown in.

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Nobleson @trchtr.bsky.social · 2d

#contemporaryart #filmphotography #pinhole #longexposure #blackandwhite #marshland #waddensea #scape #ondupinhole

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Merrimayhem @merrimayhem.bsky.social · 4d

Light slips softly away. Dancing over the water, sweeping gentle fingertips across the hilltops; until they too darken and night claims the earth again.

📸 Polaroid I-2 🎞️ Polaroid Colour I-Type

#polaroid #instantfilm #believeinfilm #filmisalive #scotland #lochlomond #womencreating #womensart

Polaroid image of Loch Lomond taken at Firkin Point. The water is as smooth as glass and stretches towards distant hills. They appear layered against the sky in this low light. Blue, pewter, silver, black and the merest hint of soft purple colour the scene.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks. Much appreciated.

Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 6d

Coit Tower, San Francisco. #Holga #filmphotography

Black and white square photo. Light and shadows on the wall at the top of Coit Tower in San Francisco. A shadow of my head dominates the center of the image.

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Nobleson @trchtr.bsky.social · 7d

#contemporaryart #filmphotography #pinhole #longexposure #blackandwhite #marshland #waddensea #scape #ondupinhole

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 10d

Giant camera. San Francisco, CA. Made with a modified Agfa Isoly camera. #filmphotography

A black and white square image of the giant camera building in San Francisco on the California coast. The image has an overall softness from a transplanted and reversed lens. And yes, the building really is a camera.

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Nobleson @trchtr.bsky.social · 13d

#contemporaryart #filmphotography #pinhole #longexposure #blackandwhite #marshland #waddensea #scape #ondupinhole

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 13d

"Ipswich River". Pigment ink on gampi paper over gold leaf. Finished with cold wax. #printmaking

A square black and white image on gold leaf that gives the print an overall warm, muted gold tone. A bare tree with several large limbs dominate the foreground along the river, while some background trees on the opposite shore are reflected in the still water.

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Keith Devereux @keithdevereux.bsky.social · 13d

A 'snake' on the beach ...
#Beach, #Sea, #Praia, #Barra, #PraiaDaBarra,

A piece of fencing buried in the sand (attempting to stop soil erosion). The shadow of the fence makes it look like the skeleton of a snake.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 16d

"The Weight of the Sky". Made with a #holga camera while cruising the rural backroads of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
#pei #filmphotography

Square black and white photo of a small barn and barn yard. The roof of the barn is slowly collapsing. The shape of the clouds above mimics the shape of the roof.

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QueenKong @queenkong.bsky.social · 16d

Experimenting on real unreal materials, seeking for some truth [IX].

#art #polaroid #mixedmedia #filmphotography

Triptych : a human being with a flamingo, a nest with a spoon, a human being standing up.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 19d

Yellowstone National Park in the morning geyser steam. #blackandwhitephotography #nationalparks

A black and white photograph made in Yellowstone National Park in Montana, USA. Silhouettes of figures walking along a boardwalk are encompassed by steam rising from geysers. Only small sections of the background are revealed through the steam.

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Deborah Parkin @deborahparkin.bsky.social · 21d

A few cyanotype prints from my Jackdaw series. 💙

The text is explained in the ALT.

A series of cyanotype prints with Jackdaws - the first and last image are text.

The Jackdaw series was made in response to my grief for the death of my alcoholic father. The first words printed above where said by him when I first asked him to stop drinking (he had just been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver) and the last words where his final words as he lay dying in hospital. This series is dedicated to him and others living or suffering addiction - there is beauty if you look out of the window - it is sometimes hard to find, but it is there.

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Paula Smith @paulasmith.co.uk · 22d

Shine bright like a diamond little tree.

📷 Holga 120n (with 645 insert)
🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 400
⚗️ 510 Pyro semi stand 1+200 for 24mins.

#believeinfilm #holga #kentmere400 #mediumformat

Black and white photo of a birch tree (I think) is highlighted by a stream of sunlight.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 22d

So sorry for your loss.

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John Scarbro @monobod.bsky.social · 23d

Ondu pinhole 6x6 pocket
Washi S
#pinhole #photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography

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