Black and White Tales, Print 40 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #40

Tales and Tiles! What a difference between them! Never had back pain for a tale… . . . See you next week when the balcony will be done and I’ll have all the time possible to concentrate on tales instead of tiles!

Black and White Tales, print 39 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #39

Sometime we do something that can change our believes. In my case I was already discussing a lot about the use of digital photography, but this picture reinforced in me the idea that we have to stop to blindly follow the technical evolution and start to wonder if we made the right choice. . .

Gear Talk with Luigi Barbano: Holga 120S

Gear Talk: Holga 120S

Sometime a cheap plastic camera can be a lot of fun. This camera has character created by all the defects of a cheap camera put together! . . Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge. . . See you next time… perhaps with a little

Why use film

It’s not just that I’m an old dinosaur…

I had been asked many times why I still use film for some of my projects. Sometime the fact that I’m an old dinosaur was implied, but is not just that. The fact is that I really like film photography for many reasons and not just for the better aesthetic for some situations. Here my

Minox 35GT

Gear Talk: Minox 35GT

After my last video about the huge Pentax 67 I had some jokes, on social media, about the size of the camera and the probable need for compensation for other attributes. Being an Italian and having to defend an entire tradition and culture, I evaluated various options. At the end I decided to talk about

Black and White Tales, Print #36 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #36

I didn’t forgot the anniversary of 9/11, I simply did not found a suitable image for what I wanted to say, so I’m here again with another image from the same road trip of the last 2 Tales. . . . See you next time with another print.

Black and White Tales, Print 35 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #35

As I anticipated in the last B&W Tale, here another image and another story from the roadtrip I took in South Italy, 30 years ago with my father. This time we are in Puglia, exactly in Torre Canne and I wonder how the place can be changed in 30 years. . . . See you

Black and White Tales, Print #34 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #34

When common sense and a decent education disappear, then we need rules for every aspect of our lives. A moment of a road trip, father and son, became a picture and years later a symbol of the importance of good education. . . . See you next time, and remember, it’s prohibited to… .