Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2005 - The late Hessie McCallip, better known as "Red"
Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2007 - The late Marvin Zanders who buried almost everyone in the community
Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2005 - The late Dennis Blair who was given $2 to buy gas to mow someone's lawn and bought a beer instead.
Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2005 - the late Amada Lee Johnson who suffered from dementia but sat in front of her house waving happily at everyone who passed by.
Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2007 - My good friend, the late Gabe Jones. Gabe was always my source of credibility and "no problem" reference as I could stand and photograph among petty drug dealers on the corner, always turning my back when they did business. Gabe had a lengthy rap sheet including murder (man who beat up his grandmother) from his youth but always went to church on Sunday.
Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2006 - Robbie Turner getting a haircut from "Buck Blue" in his front year. Buck Blue used to walk the streets on Saturday with his barber tools cutting hair wherever needed. I saw Robbie last year and he has become a fine young man.
Bob Michaels
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South Apopka Florida 2006 - Marquez Turner in his uncle "Boo-Boo"'s front yard. Marcus's grandmother / Boo-Boo's mother was stabbed to death in a card game many years ago right where Marquez was sitting. This entire series was shot with a Bronica SQA.
Vince Lupo
Nobody's Mentor
Nice to see your shots here Bob - great addition to this thread.
Bob Michaels
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Vince, that series took about 6-7 years and was very rewarding. Not just for the photographic output but for all the friends I made and cultural knowledge I gained. I still frequently visit there and am still recognized. Admittedly that is partly due to me being one of the few white guys in a town that is almost exclusively negro. Just call me "camera man".
24 large prints were exhibited at a gallery in downtown Orlando but only one member of this community came to the opening. So next major holiday, I carried all the prints to one of their community picnics and hung them on a chain link fence at the ballpark. Most enthusiastic crowd. Then I was able to give the framed prints to the subjects. Very rewarding.
BTW, this series had nothing do do with the fact it was shot with a Bronica SQA. This was just a good place to post some of the photos.
kmallick
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RF645 + 65mm + Ilford FP4
chambrenoire
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jorgef2002
Established
what about the Zenzanon lenses ?
Swift1
Mentor
In my experience using most of various medium format systems, the Zenzanon lenses are on par with most of the other systems.
Swift1
Mentor
From October 2015...
Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Zenza Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon EII 75/2.8
Kodak Ektar 100
Epson V500
Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Zenza Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon EII 75/2.8
Kodak Ektar 100
Epson V500
pvdhaar
Peter
Bronica SQ-B, 80mm, HP5+
pvdhaar
Peter
Shot with the SQ-B balancing on the dashboard of the car..
Bronica SQ-B, 80mm, Portra 400
Bronica SQ-B, 80mm, Portra 400
Shab
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I'm still loving my Bronica EC and its Nikkor-P 75mm 2.8.
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
^ That's almost surreal !
Shab
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I would appreciate if you explain it a bit. When I see this portrait "surreal" isn't the word that comes to my mind but it would be nice to hear your impressions.
One more:
Bronica EC + Nikkor-P 75mm 2.8 + HP5 Plus
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
^ It's the OOF area that I see as surreal , it makes the young fellow just pop from the background , (and that's a compliment) . Peter
. Peter