BPX 50 - status, updates, scans

[piu58]

Dear photographers,

My tiny pocket computer mixed again all of us. Everybody should have a got message from me with a pair of addresses till the end of the day. The first block contains your own address as given to me. Please, make certain that your own address is correct. PM me as soon as possible if a correction is needed to YOUR address.
Please don't mind the numbers, I need them while "mixing" us.

The second block contains the address of your partner: You have to send your print(s) to there. Please wait a few days before sending anything to allow time for corrections. Make sure you mark your box with your name and
BPX 50
on it.

If you are unable to complete your assignment, it is understandable - life often gets in a way of our hobbies. However, it would be very helpful if you let me know so that I could change the assignment to somebody else.

If something is or seems to be wrong, please PM me.
Our timeline: Please print and send your offering till end of August 2025. This means, you have 2 months for sending it.

If you received something: Please write a few words here. Besides this, I ask you to show what you got, we are all interested in it. A smartphone shot is sufficient.

How to avoid taxes / VAT / other problems

If a sending goes outside the U.S. (or more correct: outside your country) it should be a letter, and not a parcel or similar.

Everything you simply put in the letterbox should be a letter. Anything you give at the office may induce taxes. Everything with a custom declaration will induce taxes.

Please keep in mind what "counts" as a letter in your country. In the U.S. it needs to be flexible. In Germany, it may be stiff.

Addendum April 2024: It seems that you have to give a customs declaration sending from U.S. and Canada, even if it weights more than 50 gms – even if it looks like a letter:
https://www.usps.com/international/customs-forms.htm says
You do not need a customs form if you're sending First-Class Mail International® that weighs under 15.994 oz

 

[piu58]

My prints are in the mail.

 

[mfohl]

My prints are in the mail.

What took you so long?

 

[Don_ih]

I got an opportunity to spend some time in the dark yesterday, so my print is on its way today.

 

[mfohl]

Prints sent.

 

[bernard_L]

I received yesterday two nice prints from @Don_ih.
First one is of a forest path, shot on Aviphot and printed on Ilford FB matt, selenium toned. I do not use matt paper, but clearly this works well for this subject. Such is the benefit of print exchanges Pardon the iphone snapshot.

Second one is of a lily, shot on long-expired Kodak blue-sensitive film, with mold contributing interesting effects in the background patches of light. Interesting bokeh, sure beats the swirling bokeh! Altogether a very graphic image.

 

[bernard_L]

Sent my prints today.

 

[Don_ih]

@bernard_L -- I'm glad they got there. It seems I get charged differently every time I send a print in this exchange. For some reason, a regular international stamp was good enough to send it this time. I'm actually surprised it made it.

I always try to send very recently-taken photos for this exchange (and for the postcard exchange). I like to use it as an excuse to find a good photo.

I don't know what I'm going to do with a hundred feet or so of 3.25" wide film that has ferns growing all over it...