Olympus Half-Frame in Ukraine Story

Ben 4 · Jun 23, 2022

Just saw this story on the NPR website about Vladyslav Krasnoshchok, a doctor and painter in Kharkiv, who has been documenting changes brought about by the war with an Olympus half-frame. The article focuses on his shocking (!) decision to use b&w film, but it's the evocative warm-tone printing that I'd like to hear more about. His images are striking.

awty · Jun 23, 2022

Interesting perspective of a terrible war.

Cholentpot · Jun 23, 2022

I guess if you're going for the grungy look a half frame is a good place to get a baseline.

FWW with good film and decent lenses my half frame shots could pass for full frame.

Huss · Jun 23, 2022

Cholentpot said:
I guess if you're going for the grungy look a half frame is a good place to get a baseline.

FWW with good film and decent lenses my half frame shots could pass for full frame.

With Fuji C200 my Pen FT shots look like they could have been from a regular 35mm camera.

Huss · Jun 23, 2022

Ben 4 said:
Just saw this story on the NPR website about Vladyslav Krasnoshchok, a doctor and painter in Kharkiv, who has been documenting changes brought about by the war with an Olympus half-frame. The article focuses on his shocking (!) decision to use b&w film, but it's the evocative warm-tone printing that I'd like to hear more about. His images are striking.

Thanks for posting! I appreciated the read.

He says he found the stark, destroyed landscapes visually striking. "They remind me of some kind of post-apocalyptic pictures of cities like Chernobyl or Detroit," he says.

Detroit gets no respect...

Mike Crawford · Jun 24, 2022

Ben 4 said:
The article focuses on his shocking (!) decision to use b&w film, but it's the evocative warm-tone printing that I'd like to hear more about. His images are striking.

Thanks Ben for bringing this to our attention. I'm pretty sure these would be lith printed. He's got an Instagram page with more work. Will explore more later. https://www.instagram.com/vladyslav_krasnoshchok/

Ben 4 · Jun 24, 2022

Thanks for that, Mike. He seems to have been a lith printing practitioner for some time: see here and here. I suppose that would help to account for the lack of sharpness that struck some posters above?

Jay Schrotenboer · Jun 25, 2022

Huss said:
Thanks for posting! I appreciated the read.

He says he found the stark, destroyed landscapes visually striking. "They remind me of some kind of post-apocalyptic pictures of cities like Chernobyl or Detroit," he says.

Detroit gets no respect...

I cringed when I read that part. Poor Detroit, even people half way around the planet are talking smack about them!

Nitroplait · Jun 25, 2022

Then let’s see some photos that proves the opposite.

Jay Schrotenboer said:
I cringed when I read that part. Poor Detroit, even people half way around the planet are talking smack about them!

Huss · Jun 25, 2022

Nitroplait said:
Then let’s see some photos that proves the opposite.

I’d like to see that too!

Jay Schrotenboer · Jun 25, 2022

Nitroplait said:
Then let’s see some photos that proves the opposite.

Huss said:
I’d like to see that too!

I will actually have to go take pictures there, it is on my current list for other reasons. The only times I have been were for non photography reasons (work and music events). That does sound like a fun project for the future, do the opposite of what most photographers do in that city and show its life.

gone · Jun 25, 2022

I'd love to know the details. What film, what developer, what paper. The pics look like prints from 50 years ago or more.

Tadeusz123 · Jun 26, 2022

Thank you for sharing this story - what an interesting perspective on current events. Having become accustomed to seeing (digital) videos and pictures shared all over the internet, it’s great to see such deliberate work done on B+W.

cedge · Jul 14, 2022

Yes, thank you for sharing.

Olympus Half-Frame in Ukraine Story

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