EXORCISM 08

Eight issues of ULTRAsomething magazine, and apparently it’s still not enough to screw in a lightbulb. How many more will it take? I’m determined to keep publishing until I find the answer. Frankly, it would be helpful if they could screw in a lightbulb, because EXORCISM 08 continues my penchant for using an abundance of black ink — an aesthetic not exactly appreciated by my printer.

Particulars

Tradition dictates I enumerate all the various cameras that were coerced into helping produce the images within each new issue, though I’m considering eliminating this particular affectation — after all, does anyone actually care besides me? But since I already have all the EXORCISM 08 data right here in front of me, I might as well share it one more time: 19 cameras were scathed in the making of this issue, including a couple of digital cameras.

Specifically: Contax G1; Fuji Natura Black 1.9; Fujica Drive; Konica C35; Konica Hexar AF; Leica M10 Monochrom; Minolta TC-1; Nikon 28Ti; Nikon FE; Olympus M-1; Olympus OM-3Ti; Olympus XA; OM Digital OM-1; Pentax 17; Pentax MX; Pentax MZ-S; Pentax Optio I-10; Pentax PC35 AF-M; Rollei 35AF.

It’s fewer cameras than I used for many of the previous issues (except for EXORCISM 07, which was limited to only the cameras I had with me in Tokyo), but it’s still rather excessive. However, I assure you not all these cameras are mine — a couple were borrowed and/or being tested. So on a 1-to-10 insanity scale, I’m probably only a “9” and not a “10” as such a list might imply.

Apologia

Tradition also dictates that I publish the exorcism’s apologia, which appears at the end of each magazine. So without further ado, here it is:

These photos are culled from late 2024 and early 2025, and were shot mostly on the streets of Vancouver Canada — though a smattering were taken elsewhere during minor fits of vehicular wanderlust.

From a photographic standpoint, as long as I’m ensconced in an urban environment, it doesn‘t really matter where I am — my photographic motivations remain the same, regardless of location. The benefit of travel, even if it’s only somewhere just beyond the practical limits of my footwear, is it reveals new visual stimuli, so there’s less of the “Oh, I’ve already photographed this a dozen times” problem.

Fortunately, Vancouver is ever-changing and ever-evolving, so yesterday’s streets were different than today’s, which will be different from tomorrow’s. My job is simply to be here, there, or anywhere — with eyes open and camera in hand.

Marketing Mumbo Jumbo

And finally, in keeping with another tradition — trying to market the damn thing — I shall remind you that EXORCISM 08 is now available for purchase from the ULTRAsomething STORE. Get it before it sells out… And yes, it’s been known to happen.

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