Ari Magnusson

Kodak Gold 200. Berlin. Spring.

I shot slide film in the Alps on my Leica M6. I think I like it too much.

Monocle, TimeOut, and the Lisbonification of Everything Some places are too marketable for their own good. Others are just fine.

Lisbon is beautiful. Too beautiful for its own good. Tourism, digital nomads, and Monocle-fication are reshaping cities… I’ve seen it in Reykjavik, and it’s happening in Portugal too. But what about the places left untouched?

Portugal last week. Leica M6 and Kodak Gold 200. Summicron 28 and Summilux 50.

Crossing the Oder: Germany, Poland, and a Tale of Two Europes On one side, stagnation. On the other, scrappy ambition. What does this border tell us about modern Europe?

Crossed the Germany-Poland border. One side is stagnant, the other is hustling. Cigarettes, cheap booze, and a tram line that never happened. Here’s my thoughts on what this border crossing says about modern Europe.

Ready for Portugal on Sunday.

Some Leica M6 Ilford FP4 Plus and Kodak Tri-X 400 shoots from Eisenhüttenstadt, a 1950s planned socialist city in East Germany on the border with Poland. It was like stepping into another reality; the scale of this architecture didn’t match its modest population of 25,000.

Eisenhüttenstadt: East Germany’s Forgotten Utopia A model socialist city that feels like The Truman Show directed by David Lynch

Eisenhüttenstadt: East Germany’s forgotten utopia. A model socialist city that now feels like The Truman Show direct by David Lynch, but with a strip mall. I took the 90 minute train ride from Berlin to check it out. It’s surreal, strangely beautiful, and stuck in time.

Back in Berlin with 28mm goggles on.

A Photographer's Guide to Berlin A city that loves photography but is shy in front of the camera. Here’s how to shoot it anyway.

Berlin loves photography, just not cameras. It's a city of contradictions: creative yet camera-shy, grubby yet ever-changing. Shooting here isn’t easy, but that’s part of the fun. I wrote this guide on Substack about where to go and what to photograph.

I’d like to be added too. Great idea!

Photographers, I'm adding people to my Photo People list every day. I'm unsure if there’s a limit, but I'll keep expanding the list until I’m stopped. Feel free to DM me if you want to join. It's a great way for newcomers to discover new imagemakers on Bluesky. Please RT. Thanks!

Kodak Vision 3 250D scanned at home with Valoi Easy 35. Taken on Isle of Skye with Leica M6. I think I finally like this film stock. #leicam6 #summilux50 #summicron28

I collect photobooks. Some hoard sneakers or vinyl—I hoard expensive paper filled with pictures. Picked up Puglia: Tra Albe e Tramonti by Luigi Ghirri from Bildband. No nostalgia, no grand narrative. Just light, space, and time, doing what they’ve always done. Safe to say I love it.

Berlin truly values photography as an art form. A must-visit: Bildband in Prenzlauer Berg, a photobook shop run by Joe Dilworth (ex-Stereolab) and a hub for Berlin’s photography scene. From book launches to zine workshops, it’s the place to go for any photography lover. #Berlin #Photography

Love and Loathing in the Scottish Highlands Finding myself drawn to the damp, dramatic, and deeply indifferent landscapes I once couldn’t wait to escape.

Scotland: damp, brooding, and emotionally unavailable. Naturally, I’m obsessed. Wrote 1,500 words about it; think love, loathing, and pebbledash-induced trauma. A good read if you’re into beautiful misery. #Substack

Big night in: just me, some chemicals, and Ilford HP5+

Snow in the Scottish Highlands. #nikonzf #leicam11

The snow gods delivered. First week of the season in Chamonix is always a gamble, but instead of a handful of chips, I’ve hit the jackpot: endless powder. #NikonZf #Chamonix #Flegere #Nikon #FrenchAlps

Bought a perpetual licence for Capture One earlier this year. No regrets.

After doing a photo zine-making workshop in May, I’m now halfway through sequencing my Montreal photo book! Working with a curator to bring it all together. Second half coming in February – still need to figure out how to fund this thing though… it’s not gonna be cheap. Stay tuned! #photobooks

East Berlin after dark: Come for the architecture, stay for the crushing loneliness. #LeicaM11 #Summicron28 #Summilux50

Photos from an ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland. #Leica #LeicaM11 #NikonZf

Hello Bluesky. I’m a writer and photographer in Berlin. Here are a couple of photos from the past month shot on my Leica M6 and M11. Also, I started a Substack. No one asked, but I did it anyway.

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