All Through a Lens: A Podcast About Film Photography

A Most Unusual Camera (w/Jess Hobbs and Chandler Flanagan)

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, first off, this is *not* a new episode of All Through a Lens. This is also not a new venture.  It was record before we knew the podcast was end...

The End of the Podcast

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hello everybody. This is Eric. And I have some pretty bad news for you considering the podcast. As of now the podcast is ending. We are both utterly...

Dev Party - Cake vs. Pie

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

  For photos and show notes: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party Vania (@surfmartian) and Eric (@conspiracy.of.cartographers) try o...

Dev Party - New Color Emulsion; Pretty Big News

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party, Vania (@surfmartian on IG) tests out a new color emulsion - Wolf...

Your Snack of Choice - Episode 81

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Jess Hobbs drops by! Vania talks about the largest pinhole camera ever built, while Eric explains why Indigo isn't a real color. Jes...

Disappearing into the Bayou; Esther Bubley (w/ Kristie Cornell & Marla Kristicevich) - Episode 80

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com And on this episode - the big 8-0! - we are talking to photographer Kristie Cornell (@kccornell o...

Dev Party - Stop it With the Vinegar, Okay?

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Photos and  more here: allthroughalens.com On this episode of Dev Party we develop some film and answer some questions submitted by listeners.   Van...

Earth Oddity and the Sunk-Cost Fallacy (with Amy Elizabeth & Liz Potter) - Episode 79

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shownotes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   It’s another odd show, and we’re actually changing things up again! For most of the show we’...

The Ritual of Danger and Style; Virna Haffer (w/ Ed Pavez) - Episode 78

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

  Show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com On this episode, we’ll be talking to photographer and playwright, Ed Pavez (@edpavez on IG). We’...

Dev Party - Questioning a Blind Spot

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos at allthroughalens.com.   On this episode of Dev Party, Vania and Eric are starting something a bit different. We asked l...

Our First Truly Odd Episode (Also, Godland) - Episode 77

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of All Through a Lens we’re experimenting with a slightly new format – the...

Bless Your Heart – Lee Miller and Man Ray (w/ Kat Swansey) – Episode 76

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   We are back from our long winter’s nap with a wonderful show for you. We’ll be talking wit...

Dev Party - The Ansel Method Revisited

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

allthroughalens.com On this episode we talk a bit about the Ansel Method – What is it? Why is it? Does it work? But more importantly, while we dev,...

Dev Party - Abandon All Nope

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and photos here: allthroughalens.com     On this episode of Dev Party we’re developing film and talking about the ethics of photog...

A Casual Check-In (What’s Up with Kodak’s Price Increase?)

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While we don't have a regular episode for you because we're on a much-earned winter break, Vania and Eric are doing a bit of a check in. Mostly we'r...

Dev Party - From the Water to the Grave

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   On this Dev Party - the first episode of the newest of years, Vania and Eric try some old and...

Dev Party – Wider Than Lux

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos, go here: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party, Vania has a something to share with the class! She got h...

Photography Changes Everything - Episode 75

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got a family show for you today! It’s just Eric and Vania for this one. And we want to tell you have Photography Changes Everything. Everyth...

Dev Party - Vania, Why Is Lint?

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and photos at allthroughalens.com!   On this episode of Dev Party, we ask the musical question: Why Is Lint? We also sort of somewhat ...

There Were No Flowers: Margrethe Mather (w/ Travis Cannady) - Episode 74

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos, head here: allthroughalens.com   We’re talking to Travis Cannady (@travis_cannady on IG), photographer and publis...

Dev Party - The Results of Inspiration (Basically)

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out allthroughalens.com for full show notes and photos.   On this episode of Dev Party, Eric (@conspiracy.of.cartographers on IG) and Vania (@...

It’s Not The Opposite of Inspiration (w/ Jordanna Kalman) - Episode 73

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And on this little episode – our 73rd – we’ll talk to Jordanna Kalman (@rabbitsparrow on IG), a photographer whose art doesn’t end with eith...

Dev Party - Let’s Put the Fun in Funeral!

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com On this episode of Dev Party, Vania tells us all about the time she photographed a funeral - comp...

Does the New Leica Matter At All? (w/ Lisa Toboz) – Episode 72

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   On this episode we’re taking a look at the new Leica M6 and what it means, if anything at all...

Dev Party – The Family Just Disappeared

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party, we both develop color film in Eric’s DIY ECN-2 kits. Vania sh...

Satan Just Does Stuff… in 3D! (w/ Amy Badenchini) – Episode 71

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full notes and photos: allthroughalens.com   On this basically spooky episode, we’ll be the podcast that hands out full size candy bars. W...

Dev Party – Stand Development and Ask Us Basically Anything

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos, go here: allthroughalens.com   In some sort of celebration of our third anniversary, we did an AMA – Ask Us Anythin...

The Woman Who Was Crippled By The Darkroom (w/ Kate Miller-Wilson and Taylor) – Episode 70

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   We have a unique show for you this time! We’ll be talking to both Kate Miller-Wilson (@katemi...

Dev Party - Workin’ Part Time at the 5 & Dime (510 Pyro, Okay?)

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   Due to popular “demand,” we’re developing Ilford FP4 in 510 Pyro! Eric (@conspiracy.of.ca...

We Are Not Showgirls: Carinval Strippers (w/ Ariela Badenas) – Episode 69

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   On this episode, we’re getting literary, sort of. We’ll be talking to Ariela Badenas about...

Dev Party - DIY ECN-2 (aka Nobody Likes Grape Otter Pops)

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: www.allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party, we’re developing come in Eric’s DIY ECN-2 kit! We sort ...

Two or Three Cameras in Two or Three Wagons (w/ Imran Nuri) - Episode 68

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and photos here: https://allthroughalens.com/   On this episode, we talk to Imran Nuri (@nuristudios on IG), who spent a few months t...

Dev Party - Who Loves a Tank Full of Plates?

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: https://allthroughalens.com/?p=5282   On this episode of Dev Party, Vania and Eric develop two wildly different emu...

In A Box Marked ‘Private’ (w/ Rebekah Teague) – Episode 67

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos, go here: https://allthroughalens.com/2022/08/30/in-a-box-marked-private-w-rebekah-teague-episode-67/   On this episo...

Dev Party - The Worst Emulsion You Can Force Upon Your Camera(?)

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To see further notes and (more importantly) photos, go here: https://allthroughalens.com/?p=5128     On this episode of Dev Party we do a couple of ...

Season Premiere: An Excuse to Photograph Naked Humans - Episode 66

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Photos and more here: www.allthroughalens.com Welcome back!   And on this episode - our first of the 22-23 season, we’ll be hearing from a few near...

Dev Party – Pre-Game for the Old Flame (Too Many What?)

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this, our first true Dev Party of the new season, half of us are developing film and the other half are talking about a new old camera, famous and ...

How Not to be Scenic

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re not quite back just yet, but we’re also not still on the road. Vania and Eric chit some chat and chat some shit on what they’ve been up to...

Dev Party - Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls (or Do, Actually)

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full shownotes and pics: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party, Vania shoots some Fuji Pro400H while Eric messes with Fomapan 400. Vania...

Say Hello For the Summer! - We Shall Update You!

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With Eric in Nebraska and Vania just getting back from Mexico, we thought it would be fun to give you a little update from the road. Vania got stuck i...

Dev Party - Vania Takes a Trip, Eric Takes a Hike

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, surprisingly, Vania takes a trip and Eric takes a hike! Vania heads up to northern California to a Hobo Convention. She tells us all...

Smells We’ll Never Smell Again (and Our Best Dinosaur Roars)

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While we're on a bit of a summer break, we bring to you a Patreon bonus episode from March 2021.   We talk a lot, and the conversation meanders all o...

Dev Party - Decadence (Ten Years Later...)

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Dev Party, Vania and Eric (@surfmartian and @conspiracy.of.cartographers on IG) talk about going back to locations shot long ago. V...

Season Finale, Anne Brigman (w/ Kate Miller-Wilson)! - Episode 65

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the final episode of the season, our last episode before our summer break. While we are taking a little break, we will still have lots and...

Dev Party – Plus X and Aerial: Together Again for the First Time!

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this fine little episode of Dev Party, we’re up in the air! Vania shoots some well-known skaters on Fuji Pro H 400 with the RB67. Meanwhile, Eri...

The Greatest Medium Format Camera Ever Made (w/ Taylor!) – Episode 64

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos: https://allthroughalens.com/2022/06/07/the-greatest-medium-format-camera-ever-made-w-taylor-episode-64/   On this, ou...

Dev Party - The Panatomic Brain

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Photos and full show notes here: allthroughalens.com   On this episode of Dev Party, both Eric and Vania develop some very expired Panatomic X! What ...

Polaroid is Painless (w/ Alan Marx) – Episode 63

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Photos and more here: www.allthroughalens.com   On this episode, we’ll be talking to Alan Marx (@alanbeingalan on IG)! He’s got a new book out a...

Dev Party - Skate Or Don’t

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For photos and full show notes, see allthroughalens.com   On this otherwise laid back episode of Dev Party, Vania has had a bit too much coffee and ...

Hampton Comes Alive (w/ Rick Barbosa) – Episode 62

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Photos and more here: www.allthroughalens.com   We’ve cobbled together a fine ass show for you! We’ll be talking to Rick Barbosa (IG: @m0untainm...

Dev Party – Embarrassingly Heavy Cream

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos available at www.allthroughalens.com   Welcome to another episode of Dev Party! Along with developing some film, we’ve g...

Grain Is Clumps, Okay? (w/ Jess Hobbs) - Episode 61

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we’re talking to photographer, podcaster, and YouTuber Jess Hobbs! We’ll also break out the lab jackets and talk about the science...

Dev Party - And Then There Was Alan

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Dev Party we’ve got a guest! It’s Alan Marx (@alanbeingalan on IG)! He joins us in “The Futures” because Vania developed a...

Don’t Hassle Me, I’m Local (w/ Charlie Camuglia and Sara Murphy) – Episode 60

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos, go to allthroughalens.com   On this unique little episode, we’ve found ourselves a couple of new correspondents –...

Dev Party – Stop or I Shall Say Stop Again!

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Dev Party, we’re hearing from a tired and sickly Vania, while Eric contemplates stop baths. There’s also some more talk about n...

Ready for a Picnic: Solo Camping and Photography (w/ Liz Potter) - Episode 59

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got a fairly unique show for you today. We’ll be talking with Liz Potter (@lizpotterphotography on IG) – not about Polaroid lifts, but ab...

Dev Party - Dry Plates All Wet

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Dev Party, Eric and Vania develop dry plates! That’s right! Photographic emulsion on glass! How does that work? Basically like fi...

A Little Beauty in Everything: Imogen Cunningham; (w/ Serbest Salih from Sirkhane Darkroom) - Episode 58

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we are talking to Serbest Salih of the Sirkhane Mobile Darkroom along the Turkey Syrian border. We’ll also be presenting the ...

Dev Party – Stand and the Basics

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re taking it back to the basics! Have you never devved before? Have you devved a long time ago and want a refresher? This might be the episode fo...

Dishpan and Darkroom: Imogene Cunningham (w/ Courtney Coles) - Episode 57

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and images: allthroughalens.com   On today’s show we’ll be talking to photographer Courtney Coles (@kernieflakes) about her warm ...

Dev Party – Don’t Talk To Me Before I’ve Had My Caffenol!

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com   Let’s do something Eric never wanted to do! He never wanted to mess with caffenol, not even ...

Kodak Girls and a Photographic Revolution (w/ Angel O’Brien) - Episode 56

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos: www.allthroughalens.com   On this episode, we talk to Angel O’brien, @5x7angel on IG, about her strange and beau...

Dev Party – Spilling the Tea with Cyanotypes

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Dev Party, we’re doing something a bit different. We’re not developing film, but making a few cyanotypes, bleaching them and t...

Through Magpies and Song: Listening to Images (w/ Jordan Tiberio) - Episode 55

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And we’re back! It’s been a wonderful little break, but it’s even better to be back in the studio and chitty some chat. On this episode, we’ll...

Dev Party – A Crash Course in Remjet Surgery

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this impromptu episode of Dev Party, we’re going commercial! Okay, not really, but we *are* using Eric’s ECN-2 kit to develop Kodak Motion Pic...

Dev Party - X-Ray in the Tickle Tent (Again-ish)

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes at:  https://www.allthroughalens.com   On this weird little episode of Dev Party, Eric re-enters the Tickle Tent – his portable da...

We’re Still Not Back, But Here We Are

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Though we're still *technically* on winter break, we thought we'd pop in and say hi for an hour or so.   We talk mostly about zines and photobooks...

Dev Party - Technically Technical Almost Panchromatic

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos at www.allthroughalens.com   On the first Dev Party of 2022, Eric dips a little bit into Kodak Technical Pan, aka, Techpa...

It’s the End of the Year As We Know It (And We’re On Break)

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We don't have a regular episode this week due to the winter break. So we hang out for a bit and chew the fat talking some about the year that was and ...

Dev Party - Pulling Not Pushing

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this - our last episode of the year - Vania tells us all about the Surfbort show she shot. Eric talks a little about ending a long ass trip with o...

Disposable Cameras and Their Permanence (w/ Jenny Sampson)

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes at:  https://www.allthroughalens.com   On this episode, we’re talking to Jenny Sampson (@jennysampsonphotography on IG), tintypis...

Dev Party - Encouraging Casual Conversation (while Developing)

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are just kicking back, developing some film and having a lovely little chat. The conversation meanders from film to developers, fr...

Murder vs. Death: Books of Crime Scene Photos (w/ Jon Hilty)

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For full show notes and photos: https://www.allthroughalens.com   We talk to Jon Hilty (@amphetadreamer on IG) because we were wrong about Autoc...

Dev Party - The Great Exchange

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk about our experiences shooting each others cameras (while developing the film we’re talking about). Vania shot Eric’s Mam...

Kodak‘s New Prices and How We‘re Never Happy

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is all about Kodak’s recent price increases: Why’d they do it? How high will they get? And what the hell do we do now? But it’s not...

Nailed to the Xtol (or Maybe Exel)

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Finally… Finally Vania returns to Xtol, the developer that nearly killed her (in a very metaphorical sense). Meanwhile, Eric tries out Foma’s vers...

Carte de Vistas: The First Social Media Experiment (w/ HawnFawn)

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

And on this episode, we’re winding our timelines back to the first social media experiment (that seems to have gone a LOT better than the current on...

Dev Party - Devil is in the Double X

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this slightly less spooky episode of Dev Party, we're twinning! Both Eric and Vania are developing 120 rolls of Kodak Double X in FA-1027. We go...

Ghosts, Orbs, and Exploding Nitrate Film (with Dave Wilson of Victorian Photography Studio)

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this spooky episode, we’ll be talking to Dave from Victorian Photo Studio in Gettysburg (@vps_gettysburg on IG) about tintypes and ghost photos!...

Dev Party - The Loneliest Pine

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes at allthroughalens.com!   On this episode of Dev Party, we talk about our day in Lone Pine, California, the Museum of Western Film. ...

French Surrealism and Chill (with Kalie Frisky)

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For photos and full show notes, go to allthroughalens.com   On this episode we will be chatting it up with Kalie Frisky, we’ll explore collaborati...

Dev Party - Don‘t Be Ascared of the Dark

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full notes and photos here: www.allthroughalens.com   In this darkened episode of Dev Party, Eric and Vania develop Ilford Delta 3200, which they bo...

The Flight of the Pigeon Photographers (with Izzie Farr)

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos available at allthroughalens.com   This episode is a mixed bag of goodness. We’ll be talking to Izzie Farr (@izzie_farr ...

Dev Party - This Must Be The Place (Maybe?)

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Dev Party we talk about our week and develop a couple of rolls of something or other. Vania developed some expired Vericolor III in...

The Archiving of Lora Webb Nichols (with Nancy Anderson)

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is basically all Lora Webb Nichols. We’ll tell you a bit about her life, a little about her photos, and we’ll talk to Nancy Anderson,...

Dev Party - Summer Rockets

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos: www.allthroughalens.com   One this, our first Dev Party of the season, we answer part of the question: what did we do on ...

Rocket Summer (w/ Tiffen Sinclair)

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes on: allthroughalens.com   Welcome to Season Three! On our first episode back, we tell you how we spent our summer vacations. Tiffen @...

Dev Party - The Future Draweth Nigh

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Think of this Dev Party as the introduction to the Third Season of All Through a Lens. We discuss the future of our humble little podcast while develo...

Dev Party #44 - Expired High School Color 1000!

08 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos  here: www.allthroughalens.com   Somehow or another both Eric and Vania ended up developing slide film that expired when ...

Dev Party #43 - Greetings from the Shanghai Delta 3200

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes and photos here: www.allthroughalens.com   While Eric develops some Shanghai GP3 100 in HC-110, Vania goes for some Ilford Delta 3200...

Dev Party #42 - The Ortho to Life, The Universe, and Everything

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you think that we wouldn’t try to figure out Arista Ortho Litho 3.0 yet again? You must not know us very well. While Eric tries to see if he can...

No Summer Lovin'?

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're just popping in to let you know that we're taking a little summer break. Details within, obviously, but check our IG for updates too!

Dev Party #41 - Summer Color (Portra is Trusty)

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this summer episode of Dev Party, we talk about our favorite color emulsions for summer while we develop color film! Eric developed some old Kodak ...

Episode 45: Season Finale - Eian & Kate Miller-Wilson; Nell Dorr

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes at www.allthroughalens.com   Welcome, won’t you, to the season finale of All Through a Lens. This is one hell of a show and we are,...

Dev Party #40 - The Holga Games!

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For our 40th Dev Party, Vania and Eric shot b&w and color rolls through their new Holgas. Vania had never shot one before, and Eric hadn’t done it i...

Episode 44: Hansel Mieth: Working Class Photographer (w/ Heartless Twyla)

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes here:  allthroughalens.com T-shirt Bundle pre-sale: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1031892211/all-through-a-lens-t-shirt-and-stuff-pre ...

Dev Party #39 - Big Bertha

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes at www.allthroughalens.com   This episode of Dev Party features special guest Big Bertha – Vania’s Graflex Super D (and the four ...

Episode 43: Long Story Longer (w/ Vanessa Maestri of Armadillo Tintype)

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes available at: allthroughalens.com   On this episode, we’re talking with Vanessa Maestri of Armadillo Tintype. Vania and Eric ...

Dev Party #38 - DIY Retro Special for Some Reason

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes available: allthroughalens.com   On this very special episode of Dev Party, Vania develops Fomapan 100 in Foma Retro Special. Meanwhi...

Episode 42: The Most Photographed American of the 19th Century (w/ Octavia Sharp)

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full show notes here: [link].   On today’s show we’ll be talking about Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American of the 19th century, an...