Murilee Martin
@murileemartin.bsky.social
Automotive journalism for those who enjoy dekotoras, Broughams d'Elegance, literary digressions and Warsaw Pact hoopties. 1998-style website here: https://murileemartin.com/
A Sochaux-built Peugeot 505 wagon showed up at the junkyard, so I photographed it with a Paris-built M.I.O.M Photax camera. As one does. #filmphotography #mediumformat #620film #peugeot #peugeot505
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A Sochaux-built Peugeot 505 wagon showed up at the junkyard, so I photographed it with a Paris-built M.I.O.M Photax camera. As one does. #filmphotography #mediumformat #620film #peugeot #peugeot505
Junkyard cars built at Chicago Assembly, photographed with a Chicago-built film camera (in a snowstorm) while sipping toolbox Malört. Maybe I should have mixed in some transmission fluid to make it taste better. #malort #junkyardphotography #malört #127film murileemartin.substack.com/p/shooting-c...
Shooting Chicago-Built Junkyard Cars With a Chicago-Built Camera, Malörtface Edition
In a snowstorm, naturally.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Junkyard cars built at Chicago Assembly, photographed with a Chicago-built film camera (in a snowstorm) while sipping toolbox Malört. Maybe I should have mixed in some transmission fluid to make it taste better. #malort #junkyardphotography #malört #127film murileemartin.substack.com/p/shooting-c...
This Ford Taurus was built at the Chicago Assembly factory, so I photographed it in a snowstorm with a 127 camera built by the Imperial Camera Corporation in Chicago in 1963. #filmphotography #mediumformat #fordtaurus #127film #fordtaurus
January 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This Ford Taurus was built at the Chicago Assembly factory, so I photographed it in a snowstorm with a 127 camera built by the Imperial Camera Corporation in Chicago in 1963. #filmphotography #mediumformat #fordtaurus #127film #fordtaurus
Today I took a Chicago-built camera to shoot Chicago-built cars in a Denver junkyard. I waited for a snowstorm so it would feel more Chicago-like, and I brought a flask of Malört along. As one does. #filmphotography #chicagocluster #junkyardphotography #127film #chicagoassembly #malort #malört
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Today I took a Chicago-built camera to shoot Chicago-built cars in a Denver junkyard. I waited for a snowstorm so it would feel more Chicago-like, and I brought a flask of Malört along. As one does. #filmphotography #chicagocluster #junkyardphotography #127film #chicagoassembly #malort #malört
When Copex Rapid film works, which isn't anywhere near all the time, it works very well. Shot with 1954 Ricohflex TLR at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. #filmphotography #mediumformat #agfacopex #copexrapid #junkyardphotography #ricohflex
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 AM
When Copex Rapid film works, which isn't anywhere near all the time, it works very well. Shot with 1954 Ricohflex TLR at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. #filmphotography #mediumformat #agfacopex #copexrapid #junkyardphotography #ricohflex
More junkyard pinhole camera adventures, now with more gamma-ray scientific film! murileemartin.substack.com/p/adventures... #pinholecamera
Adventures in Pinhole X-Ray Film Junkyard Photography, Continued
1971 Kodak scientific film in a pinhole-ized 1908 Ansco folding camera.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
More junkyard pinhole camera adventures, now with more gamma-ray scientific film! murileemartin.substack.com/p/adventures... #pinholecamera
Shot a roll of Kodak Gold 200 in the Hachiyo Alpenlex at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. That camera was a good deal for ¥1000. #filmphotography #alpenflex #tlr #tlrcamera #mediumformat
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Shot a roll of Kodak Gold 200 in the Hachiyo Alpenlex at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. That camera was a good deal for ¥1000. #filmphotography #alpenflex #tlr #tlrcamera #mediumformat
I love home-market Japanese car manual illustrations! murileemartin.substack.com/p/dont-drive...
Don't Drive With Beer Cans Under Your Kei Van's Pedals!
And other wonderful JDM Subaru owner's manual illustrations.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I love home-market Japanese car manual illustrations! murileemartin.substack.com/p/dont-drive...
I took my 1955 Hachiyō Kōgaku Kōgyō Alpenflex, bought in Tokyo a couple weeks back for ¥1000 (about $6.36) to the junkyard in Colorado and it worked very well. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #junkyardphotography #120film #chryslernewyorker
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I took my 1955 Hachiyō Kōgaku Kōgyō Alpenflex, bought in Tokyo a couple weeks back for ¥1000 (about $6.36) to the junkyard in Colorado and it worked very well. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #junkyardphotography #120film #chryslernewyorker
How about some junkyard photos shot with one of Minnesota's finest box cameras from 1917? murileemartin.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Taking the 1917 Conley Kewpie Box Camera to the Junkyard
Rochester, Minnesota's most famous camera.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
How about some junkyard photos shot with one of Minnesota's finest box cameras from 1917? murileemartin.substack.com/p/taking-the...
I bought a 1955 Hakiyo Alpenflex medium-format TLR camera from a sidewalk vendor in Tokyo for ¥1000 (about $6.50). It worked very well. Here's a statue at Eigenji Temple in Shiga Prefecture. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #hakiyocamera #japanesecamera #tlrcamera #eigenjitemple
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I bought a 1955 Hakiyo Alpenflex medium-format TLR camera from a sidewalk vendor in Tokyo for ¥1000 (about $6.50). It worked very well. Here's a statue at Eigenji Temple in Shiga Prefecture. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #hakiyocamera #japanesecamera #tlrcamera #eigenjitemple
I built a working film camera in a car junkyard using only parts found there, and it works. Here's the story: murileemartin.substack.com/p/making-a-w...
Making a Working Camera From a Geo Tracker Airbox… at the Junkyard
And shooting a roll of film with it on the spot!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I built a working film camera in a car junkyard using only parts found there, and it works. Here's the story: murileemartin.substack.com/p/making-a-w...
I love this RAR 2490 Kodak scientific film! It was made for shooting oscilloscope screens and for short-wavelength visible light all the way up to gamma rays. Shot with Kodak Brownie No. 3 box camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Colorado. #boxcamera #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #rar2490
March 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I love this RAR 2490 Kodak scientific film! It was made for shooting oscilloscope screens and for short-wavelength visible light all the way up to gamma rays. Shot with Kodak Brownie No. 3 box camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Colorado. #boxcamera #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #rar2490
Ansco No. 5 folding camera converted with pinhole lens and shooting 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film. Subject is Gyro-Matic shift indicator in junkyard 1953 Dodge sedan. #filmphotography #pinholecamera #junkyardphotography #1953dodge #pinholephotography #pinhole
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ansco No. 5 folding camera converted with pinhole lens and shooting 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film. Subject is Gyro-Matic shift indicator in junkyard 1953 Dodge sedan. #filmphotography #pinholecamera #junkyardphotography #1953dodge #pinholephotography #pinhole
Went to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado, yesterday. Shot some more 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 X-ray film in the 1919 Kodak No. 3 Brownie box camera with #17 portrait lens. #filmphotography #boxcamera #boxcameras #junkyardphotography #kodakbrownie #kodakrarfilm #smallblockchevy
March 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Went to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado, yesterday. Shot some more 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 X-ray film in the 1919 Kodak No. 3 Brownie box camera with #17 portrait lens. #filmphotography #boxcamera #boxcameras #junkyardphotography #kodakbrownie #kodakrarfilm #smallblockchevy
Exactly five years ago, I photographed the early Covid-19 lockdown period in Denver with four cameras that were new during the 1918 Spanish Flu period. Pale Horse, Pale Rider and all that. #filmphotography #covid19 #boxcamera #covidlockdowns #March2020
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March 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Exactly five years ago, I photographed the early Covid-19 lockdown period in Denver with four cameras that were new during the 1918 Spanish Flu period. Pale Horse, Pale Rider and all that. #filmphotography #covid19 #boxcamera #covidlockdowns #March2020
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Shot with a Minolta 16 spy camera I got for free. Fortunately, I already had a developing spool for 16mm film. #filmphotography #subminiaturecamera #minolta16 #junkyardphotography
March 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Shot with a Minolta 16 spy camera I got for free. Fortunately, I already had a developing spool for 16mm film. #filmphotography #subminiaturecamera #minolta16 #junkyardphotography
This was shot with a 1910s Kodak No. 3A Folding Hawk-Eye camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. I'm using 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film, but from a different roll than used with the other Speedway shots. Car is a 1940 Chevrolet. #filmphotography #largeformatfilm #foldingcamera
February 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This was shot with a 1910s Kodak No. 3A Folding Hawk-Eye camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. I'm using 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film, but from a different roll than used with the other Speedway shots. Car is a 1940 Chevrolet. #filmphotography #largeformatfilm #foldingcamera
When you shoot a 73-year-old junkyard car with 54-year-old scientific film in a 120-year-old box camera, you never know what results you'll get. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #kodak2490 #kodakrarfilm #junkyardphotography #kodakno3brownie #kodakbrownie #boxcamera
February 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When you shoot a 73-year-old junkyard car with 54-year-old scientific film in a 120-year-old box camera, you never know what results you'll get. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #kodak2490 #kodakrarfilm #junkyardphotography #kodakno3brownie #kodakbrownie #boxcamera
I loaded up the Conway Kewpie 3A box camera, made in Rochester MN around 1910, with 1971 Kodak 2490 RAR scientific film and took it to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #conleycamera #conleykewpie #boxcamera #schoolbus #scmbus
February 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I loaded up the Conway Kewpie 3A box camera, made in Rochester MN around 1910, with 1971 Kodak 2490 RAR scientific film and took it to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #conleycamera #conleykewpie #boxcamera #schoolbus #scmbus
I've been known to shoot junkyard cars in digital as well as on film. Here's a Fiat 128 3P in Denver. #fiat128 #fiat1283p #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I've been known to shoot junkyard cars in digital as well as on film. Here's a Fiat 128 3P in Denver. #fiat128 #fiat1283p #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind
If you're going to shoot Italian cars in the junkyard, you need an Italian camera. Fiat 124 Sport Spider shot with 1951 Bencini Comet II on hand-cut 127 film. #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #bencini #fiat124 #bencinicamera #127film #fiatspider #fiattwincam #junkyardfind
February 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you're going to shoot Italian cars in the junkyard, you need an Italian camera. Fiat 124 Sport Spider shot with 1951 Bencini Comet II on hand-cut 127 film. #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #bencini #fiat124 #bencinicamera #127film #fiatspider #fiattwincam #junkyardfind
1969 Ford Thunderbird at the Pick-n-Pull in Newark, California. Shot with a 1920s Kodak Brownie No. 2A Autographic folding camera. Look for the article on Hagerty soon. #filmphotography #kodakbrownie #browniecamera #1969fordthunderbird #thunderbird #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind.
February 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
1969 Ford Thunderbird at the Pick-n-Pull in Newark, California. Shot with a 1920s Kodak Brownie No. 2A Autographic folding camera. Look for the article on Hagerty soon. #filmphotography #kodakbrownie #browniecamera #1969fordthunderbird #thunderbird #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind.
I found a 1950s English car in a Denver junkyard, so I photographed it with a 1920s English camera. Morris Minor 1000, Houghton 2-1/4B Box Form Ensign camera, Agfa Copex Rapid film. #filmphotography #mediumformat #boxcamera #houghtoncamera #morrisminor #junkyardphotography #agfacopex
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I found a 1950s English car in a Denver junkyard, so I photographed it with a 1920s English camera. Morris Minor 1000, Houghton 2-1/4B Box Form Ensign camera, Agfa Copex Rapid film. #filmphotography #mediumformat #boxcamera #houghtoncamera #morrisminor #junkyardphotography #agfacopex
Sometimes you need to take your Imperial Rambler camera and shoot a junkyard Rambler with it. #filmphotography #imperialcamera #ramblerclassic #ramblercrosscounty #junkyardphotography
January 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Sometimes you need to take your Imperial Rambler camera and shoot a junkyard Rambler with it. #filmphotography #imperialcamera #ramblerclassic #ramblercrosscounty #junkyardphotography