Matt Ebb

istanbul

istanbul

I’m still waiting to get some chemistry to process the 18 or so rolls of 120 film I took in Turkey last November. Until then, I’ve uploaded a collection of street art I saw and shot on digital around the Beyoglu area in Istanbul. It was a beautiful place to be hanging out, and I was impressed by the amount of burgeoning creativity.

hobart botanic gardens

james turrell / within without, national gallery of australia

james turrell / within without, national gallery of australia

sydney botanical gardens

Just uploaded some fun gakkenflex shots from around the neighbourhood to flickr. Used the naniwa color kit to cross process an old no-name 100 iso slide film we found in a shop in Essaouira, Morocco.

In Japan I bought issue 25 of otona no kagaku (loose translation ‘science for adults’), a very cool magazine that comes with a DIY project attached to each issue. Issue 25 features a 35mm TLR camera, in parts, to be constructed from the shutter mechanism and lens assembly all the way up.

It’s basic and fully manual – fixed shutter speed (determined by the strength of the internal springs, around ~1/150 apparently) and fixed aperture, though you can change it by disassembling the lens and rearranging some elements. It’s lots of fun though, much lighter than the mamiya c330 , and at around AUD$30 was a decent price for a plastic toy, compared to the ridiculously expensive hipster ‘blackbird fly’ which doesn’t even have live focusing through the viewing lens.

Some first shots on bw:

blue mountains