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One lens, one year

Thirty-five millimetres for twelve months, and the month it stopped being a limitation.

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A vintage camera resting on a wooden table
“28mm Unlocked: A Year of Seeing Wider” by Jay Espinal on YouTube, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Video: “28mm Unlocked: A Year of Seeing Wider” by Jay Espinal on YouTube, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

A year on one focal length, told through the photographs that were obviously compromised and the ones where I stopped noticing.

What is in it

  1. 00:40 Why 35, and why not 50.
  2. 02:30 Months one to three, fighting it.
  3. 05:00 The month it went quiet.
  4. 07:20 What I would not do again.

Made with

  • One 35mm lens, obviously
  • A camera I have had for eleven years
  • No filters

I own three lenses and have used one of them since 2024.

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