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The Most Photographed Bridge in the World | 35mm Film Slides of The Golden Gate Bridge

On the Golden Gate, International Orange, and what it means to add one more slide to a 90-year conversation Retrospect Studio ArtAmericana & LandmarksGolden Gate Bridge On the morning of May 27...

Non Sibi Sed Patriae | 35mm Film slides of the US Naval Academy

Not for self, but for country — on the Naval Academy collection, the architecture of duty, and what 35mm film sees that ceremony alone cannot Above the doors of Bancroft Hall — home to the entire b...

Before the Mountain Had a Name | Breckenridge 1964 35mm Film Slides

Breckenridge in 1964: three years old as a ski town, barely alive as a town at all, and somehow perfectly itself In the winter of 1964, Breckenridge, Colorado had a problem. The Briar Rose Restaura...

You Give Us Those Nice Bright Colors | 35mm Film Slides of Disney Parks

On Disney Parks slides, the Kodachrome American vacation, and what it means to print joy on archival paper Paul Simon's 1973 hit "Kodachrome" wasn't really about film. It was about the gap between ...

Light from 240,000 Miles Away | 35mm Film Slides from the Apollo Moon Missions

Light from 240,000 Miles Away On the Space & Moon Missions collection, and what it meant to hold the cosmos on a 2×2 inch slide Retrospect Studio Art35mm Slide Fine ArtSpace & Moon Missions...

History of 35mm Film Slides

A Brief History of the 35mm Film Slide: The Little Transparency That Changed Photography Forever Before smartphones, before digital cameras, before the cloud — there was a small, glowing rectangle ...