Mannymansd
@mannymansd
San Diego based 66 yr. old Chicano photographer. All images below are owned and copyrighted by me. All photos are available as prints. DM for details. Website:
On the way to Vegas. Spending the night and then Idaho. Taken at 75mph, my wife was driving and I photographed out the window. #blackandwhite
About a week and a half until we trade San Diego for Idaho. Looking forward to the adventure.This is probably one of the last photos I'll make here for a while. Since I mostly shoot black & white, it seemed fitting to post one in color. 😂 #Photography #Fujifilm #FujiXT2 #ColorPhotography #Photo
Found it! I've been searching for this Schneider glass loupe for years. It disappeared after I switched to digital and a couple of moves. Now that I'm back to shooting film, it's finally back where it belongs. #FilmPhotography #ShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead #AnalogPhotography #Schneider #Photography
I saw this in a alley, another in my Abandoned Objects series. I kind of think this one gets use a bit. Fuji X T-2 with plastic pancake 25mm lens. I had to do color. I've embraced the beauty of imperfection. #PlasticLens #FineArtPhotography #StreetPhotography #PhotographyProject #ImperfectBeauty
Captured at home with my Fuji X-T2 and a plastic lens. No focusing, one fixed aperture, and very little to think about beyond seeing the light. Sometimes limitations help me pay closer attention. #fineartphotography #photography #everydaybeauty #photographer #blackandwhitephotography
Stayed home this morning and made a few photographs. Even shot in color! 😄 Fuji X-T2 • 35mm • Close-up filters #Photography #Fujifilm #ColorPhotography #CloseUp #ArtOfSeeing #CreateEveryDay
Still haven't had a chance to go out and capture any images, life😂 Here's another one taken a couple of years ago.#BlackAndWhitePhotography #WabiSabi #PhotographyLife #CreativeProcess #FineArtPhotography #EverydayBeauty
I haven't had a chance to go out and capture any images lately. Here's one taken a few years ago with an old Minolta rangefinder. #FilmPhotography #ShootFilm #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #AnalogPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #WabiSabi #PhotographyLife #FineArtPhotography #EverydayBeauty
Another in my Abandoned Objects series. I'm using a new setup: a Nikon N70 paired with a Nikon-mount Holga 60mm f/8 plastic lens. I've embraced the beauty of imperfection. #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BWPhotography #HolgaLens #AnalogPhotography #FineArtPhotography #StreetPhotography
Been struggling a bit with creativity lately. Took a walk along the beach hoping to clear my head. Not sure it worked, but I'll keep pushing forward. Some days you just keep showing up. Kentmere 400 • Nikon N70 • Holga lens #FilmPhotography #Kentmere400 #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
I love using the Holga. Just point, click, and hope for the best. It's less about thinking and more about feeling and reacting. The surprises, imperfections, and happy accidents are all part of the magic. #Holga #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FineArtPhotography
Some new work with a new setup. A Holga 60mm lens on an old Nikon N70. Captured on Fomapan 200. #streetphotography #streetbnw #holga #shootfilm #filmphotography #bnwfilm #fomapan200
I love shooting with my Holga loaded with Kentmere 400. I'm never quite sure what I'm going to get, and that's part of the magic. The surprises, imperfections, and happy accidents keep photography exciting. #FilmPhotography #ShootFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FineArtPhotography
Finished dinner and noticed the light coming through the screen door. Had to make a photograph. The cut lemon? Well, I guess you're in the picture. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #EverydayMoments #StreetPhotography #FineArtPhotography #LightAndShadow #Monochrome
You don’t have to travel far to make photographs. You don’t need expensive gear either. Vivitar V3800 gifted to me by a friend, a simple 50mm lens, and a roll of Kentmere 400 is more than enough. Sometimes images are in your own backyard, #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography#analogphotography
The simplicity of a Holga and Kentmere 400. Just walking through Barrio Logan, slowing down enough to see familiar sights in a different way. Film has a way of making you look closer. #Holga #Kentmere400 #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BWPhotography #ShootFilm
Back to film. Back to the Holga. Back to Kentmere 400 and Rodinal. I missed the simplicity of shooting and the challenge of processing. Overexposed the film by at least two stops, had to pull process and guess my way through it. And that little black dot? A bee. #filmphotography #holga
Drawn to nature’s chaotic symmetry — the way the new takes over the old. Black and white brings it all to life. Loving how easy Photomator makes editing lately. #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #monochrome #fujifilm #streetphotography #fineartphotography #photomator #bwphoto #naturephotography
More fun with the Holga plastic lens. Just some window light, white cardboard, and a tripod. Keeping things simple and enjoying the imperfect look. #HolgaLens #FujifilmXT2 #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MonochromePhotography #PlasticLens #ExperimentalPhotography #FujiX #FineArtPhotography
Blue skies, simple things. My backyard fence captured with a cheap plastic pancake lens on my Fujifilm X T-2. Focus free, fixed aperture, monochrome with a red filter. Keeping it simple lately.#blackandwhitephotography #bnw#fujifilm #monochrome #plasticlens #blackandwhite #fineartphotography
omething different. Shot on a Fujifilm X-T2 with a Holga plastic lens (adapted from Nikon). Loving the imperfect B&W look—definitely exploring this more. #BlackAndWhite #Holga #FujifilmXT2 #Monochrome #Photography #ImperfectBeauty
Barrio Logan is on the bay—something a lot of people forget. Mostly industrial waterfront, but there’s also a pier and a beautiful park. Captured with my Nikon CoolPix point-and-shoot, which really fits my more relaxed way of photographing lately. #bnwphotography #streetphotography #monochrome
The Coronado Bay Bridge from an angle most people never see. Captured in Chicano Park, Barrio Logan. In B&W the lines feel almost brutalist. #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #brutalism #sandiego #barriologan
You never know what you’ll see in Barrio Logan—cactus, artists, great food, coffee, and cool little shops. These cactus were just one of the things that caught my eye. 🌵 #barriologan #sandiego #streetphotography #simplemoments
@nirvanamono.bsky.social Quick trip to Barrio Logan this morning. When color speaks, I listen. Lately I’ve been really enjoying my Nikon CoolPix P6000—it lets me see without overthinking. #barriologan #streetphotography #colorphotography #nikoncoolpix #nikonp6000 #photographylife #urbancolor
The beauty of the incomplete. Broken sand dollar in textured sand. From my B&W sand abstract series. #bnw #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwminimalism #fineartphotography #fineartbw #sandabstract #abstractphotography #natureabstract #naturedetails #quietbeauty #artphotography
I know the image is dark. It has light leaks. It isn’t sharp. But that’s exactly what I like about it. Shooting backlit with a Holga, I knew it might not turn out—and I took it anyway. The beauty of imperfection. #holga #filmphotography #filmcommunity #blackandwhitephotography #analogphotography
A rose by any other name. Seventeen years old and still seeing beautifully. FinePix J38. B&W conversion in ACR & Photoshop. #bnwphotography #ccdmagic #fujifilmfinepix #minimalmood #wabisabi
Wabi Sabi — the beauty of imperfection. No camera embodies it more than the Holga. Light leaks. Vignetting. Soft plastic blur. Beautifully flawed. Exactly why I love it. #Holga #WabiSabi #ShootFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography
I think I’ve found the philosophy behind my photography: wabi-sabi — beauty in imperfection, poetry in the everyday. #WabiSabi #BlackAndWhite #StreetPhotography #FineArtPhotography #EverydayBeauty