Author Archives: bessa

Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü – The White Hell of Pitz Palu 0

Continuing with my Leni Riefenstahl theme this is a wall of ice I stumbled upon the other day driving on a back road in New Hampshire. I pulled my prizm over and whipped out Bessa the rangefinder and engaged in a little reportage. That is reportage pronounced in a way only people who don’t speak [...]

Triumph of my Will 0

This isn’t Triumph of The Will by Leni Riefenstahl but some other triumph, my own triumph. I’ve been having issues lately with my film development technique and now I feel that I’ve figure out my issues. I like using older film technology like ilford HP5+ because I feel it has a character that newer t-grain [...]