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GR Space Brisbane follows in the footsteps of its Tokyo, Shangai and Beijing counterparts.

Tokyo, Shanghai, now Brisbane: Ricoh’s GR Space arrives in Spring Hill

It’s a gallery, art centre and cultural meeting point, in one, and it’s opened in Brisbane – not Melbourne or Sydney. Here’s why.

  • Matt Shea

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Lilly Orrell, 26, outside of Sydney Super 8 prefers shooting on film because “it captures the moment.”

The Sydney institution riding the wave of a Gen Z-fuelled revival

Young people are the craving mistakes, nostalgia – and the magic – of film photography. And this is where they go to find it.

  • Abby Seaman
The Kodak-yellow Newtown store is keeping the art of film photography alive among the next generation of shutterbugs.
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Behind the counter at old school camera and film shop Sydney Super8

The Kodak-yellow Newtown store is keeping the art of film photography alive among the next generation of shutterbugs.

From ‘delete anxiety’ to data breaches: The perils of all those photos on our phones

Swamped by the thousands of photos on your phone? In our drive to document every moment, treasure is getting lost among the trash.

  • By Fenella Souter

Bunnings defends use of facial recognition after privacy breach

The retailer says its use of the technology appropriately balanced privacy with the need to protect staff against violent and organised crime.

  • David Swan and Jessica Yun
Irene Walsh with her Kodak Instamatic camera.

From the Archives, 1998: After 34 years, Instamatics retire from service

In 1998, it was the end of a photographic era, when Kodak announced it would stop manufacturing the Instamatic 126 film cartridges and disc film in Melbourne.

  • Suzanne Brown
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Leica history lesson

Untellable tales of happiness.

Peter Michael at Leski Auctions, where he’s selling the contents of his family’s camera museum.

Flash sale: Snapping bargains at million-dollar camera auctions

A wristwatch camera and a rare piece commissioned by Mao Zedong’s wife are among items from a camera museum that will be sold at auction.

  • Carolyn Webb
Tim Pullyn lost his camera in the ocean in 2015. Years later, it was found. 

All at sea: Man to reunite with camera lost off coast in 2015

The New Zealand man last used the camera during a family trip to Queensland. It was a different time, long before COVID-19.

  • Jocelyn Garcia
Andrew “Sarge” Herbert, here in Afghanistan, worked with the writer in New York.

Why are there so many Aussie camera operators in war zones?

The world is watching what’s happening in Ukraine with horror. And in many cases, the TV cameramen risking their lives to get that footage are Australian.

  • Nick Bryant

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