The Ephemeral Machine: A Podcast About Collecting Cameras

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By: Michael Kaplan

A podcast about collecting cameras and the celebrated individuals who collect them. Each episode, we chat with collectors about the art of the camera, design, acquisition, the perfect deal, display solutions, and the search for that one particular camera...

The Ephemeral Machine: The Farewell Episode
#14
07/02/2022

Episode #14: The Ephemeral Machine: The Farewell Episode

Dear Listeners,

The Ephemeral Machine: A Podcast About Collecting Cameras presents its Farewell Episode. 

Please join me for a very brief message as I conclude this podcast and venture on to other exciting and creative opportunities.

It has been my pleasure to present these previous thirteen episodes and I hope that you have found them entertaining, rewarding, and educational.

My very best wishes to all in the Film Photography Community as I bid you a fond adieu.  

 

Michael Kapl...


The Silver Halide Sessions - James Ollinger: The Genre Collector
#13
06/17/2022

Episode #13: The Silver Halide Sessions - James Ollinger: The Genre Collector

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

Occasionally, a member of our community focusses on a very specific area of Camera Collecting and in doing so, provides access to a veritable wealth of information that allows us to align with a different and fascination aspect of this hobby..

James Ollinger has endeavored to endow his already substantial collection of cameras and ephemera with a robust and carefully documented array...


The Silver Halide Sessions - Marti Steiner Jones: The Legacy Collector
#12
05/30/2022

Episode #12: The Silver Halide Sessions - Marti Steiner Jones: The Legacy Collector

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

The world of Film Camera Collecting would not be complete without an appreciation of the earlier representations of this complex and comprehensive interest. Marti Steiner Jones maintains an extensive collection of cameras and photographic ephemera that pre-predates the traditional rangefinder and Single Lens Reflex timeline. As the past president of the Photographic Historical Society of New England, her influence and contribution to the...


The Silver Halide Sessions - Alyssa Chiarello: The Collector as Altruist
#11
04/18/2022

Episode #11: The Silver Halide Sessions - Alyssa Chiarello: The Collector as Altruist

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley has become a staple in the Film Camera Community’s clearinghouse of information, research, history and technique. Aly’s well-defined approach to helping those interested in investing time and energy into this wonderful hobby is refreshing and candid and we all benefit from her website and Youtube Channel. Whether it be a simple fix to aide in the resurr...


The Silver Halide Sessions - Lisa Murphy: The Collector as Archivist/Historian
#10
03/15/2022

Episode #10: The Silver Halide Sessions - Lisa Murphy: The Collector as Archivist/Historian

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

My guest, Lisa Murphy, hails from the east coast of Ireland, not too far from Ireland’s capital city of Dublin. Holding university degrees in archives, public history, and ancient history and archaeology, she has spent the past decade working in the fields of heritage and archives. She is currently employed as the Congregational Archivist for the Medical Missionaries of Mary where sh...


The Silver Halide Sessions - Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs: The Collector as Vox Populi
#9
02/08/2022

Episode #9: The Silver Halide Sessions - Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs: The Collector as Vox Populi

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

As the celebrated hosts of the popular podcast I Dream of Cameras, Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs continue to inform and entertain the Film Photography community with their wit, effervescence, and experience as passionate camera collectors and photographers. Allowing the show to evolve as a reflection of the grassroots perspective of their listeners in the form of unprecedented attention...


The Silver Halide Sessions - Theo Panagopoulos: The Collector as Liaison
#8
01/30/2022

Episode #8: The Silver Halide Sessions - Theo Panagopoulos: The Collector as Liaison

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

Theo Panagopoulos’ profound influence on the Film Photography Community is marked by his many contributions including his role as Editor of the popular blog Photo Thinking and co-host of the enormously successful Podcast, Camerosity with Mike Eckman, Anthony Rue, and Paul Rybolt.

A passionate and talented writer and photographer, Theo’s interest in Film Camera Collecting and his knowledge of photographic hist...


The Silver Halide Sessions - Danielle Wrobleski: The Girl With Too Many Cameras
#7
01/18/2022

Episode #7: The Silver Halide Sessions - Danielle Wrobleski: The Girl With Too Many Cameras

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

This episode we return to the Silver Halide Sessions with a visit from celebrated Photographer, Collector, Writer and Advocate, Danielle Wrobleski. Danielle’s Instagram presence “girlwithtoomanycameras” combined with her advocacy work involving #Womeninfilmwednesday and The Film Sorority have made her an invaluable asset to women photographers and the Film Photography Community in general.

I chatted with Danielle about her camera...


The Existential Camera: A Conversation with Hamish Gill
#6
12/27/2021

Is a "Camera" only a "Camera" if it's loaded with Film?

This episode I take a brief break from the Silver Halide Sessions to explore some thoughts and ideas concerning the film camera's role in the Photographic Apparatus.

Hamish Gill joins me as we strip away the "Remjet of Representation" and expose the true existence of the Camera's purpose. 

Join us on the journey!

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Many of the cameras and/or references made during the episode have been posted to the following social media:

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The Silver Halide Sessions - Vladislav Kern: The Collector as Archivist
#5
12/05/2021

Episode #5: The Silver Halide Sessions - Vladislav Kern: The Collector as Archivist

The Ephemeral Machine presents another in the series of The Silver Halide Sessions: Interviews with Collectors, Aficionados, Historians, and Archivists.

I sit down with well-respected Collector and Archivist, Vladislav Kern, and discuss the development of his film camera collection, how it is aligned with the complex history of the Soviet Photographic Industry, its maintenance, display techniques and solutions and his role as an Archivist of a comprehensive and valuable collection.

Many of the cameras and/or references made during the episode...