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5" x 4"

November 11, 2026

Searching on my computer recently I came across this misfiled PDF from a magazine shoot in 2007. What surprised me is that not only had I forgotten that I frequently shot portraits on a 5” x 4” plate camera, but in this case also shot them on b/w polaroids which yielded both a print and a negative before using the negative part to make a print including the perforations at the edge for artistic credibility! I sold the camera fifteen years ago and there’s probably a way to achieve the same effect digitally now, but I don’t think I’ll be trying it…..

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