&* andsplat, a blog by Ben W. Fey

a blog by Ben W. Fey

6 August 2025

2024: 52-Week Film Photography Project

Week 48 of my 2024 52-week film photography project.
Week 48 of my 2024 52-week film photography project.

In parallel with my 2024 daily 366 photography project, I also completed a 52-week film photography project where I took at least one photograph on film each week. Sharing these on Glass was delayed because it took me a while to develop, scan, and edit the film.

It was fun to make sure to use my film cameras while also working on the daily digital photography project in 2024, but it was a bit much at times to have two projects happening at the same time.

I did miss one week early in the film photography project (Week 8) and decided to not make up the missing week and just acknowledge the imperfections of life.

Week 8 of my 2024 52-week film photography project.
Week 8 of my 2024 52-week film photography project. This is the week that I forgot to take a film photograph. I instead wrote this message on my typewriter and took a digital photograph, acknowledging the missed photograph.

2024 started on a Monday and I did this project every week of the year (with weeks running from Monday-Sunday). This resulted in there being a Monday and Tuesday for the “53rd week” of the year (30-31 December 2024). This gave me a bonus photograph for the year. So, from a certain point of view, I guess I did kind of make up the missed photograph from Week 8.

I decided to only use Kodak Tri-X 400 for this project. The cameras I used in the project were:

  • Nikon F2AS
  • Hasselblad 500 C/M
  • Ondu 6x6 Rise Pinhole
  • Rollei 35

My favorite 10 photographs from the 52-week film photography project

Week 3: Eames DCM chair.
Week 3: Eames DCM chair.
Week 14: Rusty lock.
Week 14: Rusty lock. Used the custom panoramic back I modified for my Hasselblad 500 C/M. Fun to have this perspective and to have around 27 frames on a single roll of 120 film.
Week 18: Rainy, grainy reflection of a tree from my deck.
Week 18: Rainy, grainy reflection of a tree from my deck.
Week 21: Old telephone.
Week 21: Old telephone.
Week 29: Acadia National Park and airport diptych.
Week 29: Acadia National Park and airport diptych.
Week 33: Flowers x3 with my Ondu 6x6 Rise pinhole camera.
Week 33: Flowers x3 with my Ondu 6x6 Rise pinhole camera.
Week 40: Trees in the neighborhood.
Week 40: Trees in the neighborhood.
Week 48: Quiet light.
Week 48: Quiet light.
Week 49: Eames DCM chair.
Week 49: Eames DCM chair.
Week 50: Eames DCM chair with shirt.
Week 50: Eames DCM chair with shirt.

All of the photographs from the project

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Thanks for spending time with me as I review my 2024 52-week film photography project.

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