Thank you for being here.
This blog has been running since 2019 — over three hundred essays, film rolls, wanderings, and the occasional argument with myself about what photography is actually for. It’s always been free, and it always will be. But film costs money, hosting costs money, and development costs money. If something here has been worth your time, and you’d like to help keep it going, I’d be genuinely grateful.
But please know: there’s absolutely no expectation. This site will always be free and open to all. Your presence, attention, and appreciation are already more than enough.
Last month, readers covered two rolls of HP5 and a new lens hood I’d been putting off. Thank you.
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Every contribution—of any amount—helps keep the work alive. If you’d like to, you can choose what your support covers:
- €5 – One roll of Fomapan 100 for a morning walk
- €15 – Development & scan of a roll from the Loire
- €50 – A month’s hosting & a replacement lens cap (I lose them)
- €100– A weekend of wandering: transport, coffee, film
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A quiet thank-you: If you choose to contribute, I’ll send a private, unlisted photo and note—something from the archive that never made the blog. For €50+, I’ll mail a handwritten postcard from Nantes. It’s a small gesture, but a sincere one.
With quiet thanks,
Ian
IJM Photography 