Ambient Curiosity
@ambientcuriosity.bsky.social
A photography zine by Justin Kovach. Account is for updates on new issues and behind the scenes. Based in Cincinnati.
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Remember when your Grandma said how much she loves photography zines? Get her the gift she’s always wanted for the holidays.
MMM Nov 16th and @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
MMM Nov 16th and @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
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BAMF is Saturday!
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November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
BAMF is Saturday!
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Selling my photo zines this Saturday
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Selling my photo zines this Saturday
The energy I bring to the holidays. Resting grouch face, barely awake.
(No, I don’t want to wait to share a nice looking version, you get a janky phone photo of the back of my camera.)
(No, I don’t want to wait to share a nice looking version, you get a janky phone photo of the back of my camera.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The energy I bring to the holidays. Resting grouch face, barely awake.
(No, I don’t want to wait to share a nice looking version, you get a janky phone photo of the back of my camera.)
(No, I don’t want to wait to share a nice looking version, you get a janky phone photo of the back of my camera.)
There comes a time when every photographer embraces that great images don’t have to be tack sharp to be great. It’s about composition, storytelling, feeling, observation. What I’m trying to say is yes, I definitely just shot all afternoon on a gloomy day with OIS accidentally switched off.
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There comes a time when every photographer embraces that great images don’t have to be tack sharp to be great. It’s about composition, storytelling, feeling, observation. What I’m trying to say is yes, I definitely just shot all afternoon on a gloomy day with OIS accidentally switched off.
I can’t come to work today, it’s raining and I want to take pictures of puddles and lights reflecting off the wet pavement.
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I can’t come to work today, it’s raining and I want to take pictures of puddles and lights reflecting off the wet pavement.
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We have updated the "Who's Tabling" list and there are a lot of good peeps coming!
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Who’s Tabling 2025
A list of who will be featured at BAMF 2025! We are updating this list as the featured folks are confirming. Check back for updates (update 11/18/25) Abby HetheringtonA dumb poet with a dumber type…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We have updated the "Who's Tabling" list and there are a lot of good peeps coming!
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Zines, stickers, thrifted frames with photos from around Cincinnati, and a couple big fancy canvas prints available this Sunday!
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Zines, stickers, thrifted frames with photos from around Cincinnati, and a couple big fancy canvas prints available this Sunday!
Proofs for the calendar look awesome!
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Proofs for the calendar look awesome!
Pumped to be back in Bloomington to sling some zines!
Dec 6th @ Harmony School, 12-5, free to attend!
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Dec 6th @ Harmony School, 12-5, free to attend!
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We had A LOT of people apply for BAMF and we are slowly having the folks tabling confirm. Here's the list as it evolves.
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Who’s Tabling 2025
A list of who will be featured at BAMF 2025! We are updating this list as the featured folks are confirming. Check back for updates (update 11/2/25) Ambient CuriosityAmbient Curiosity is a photogra…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Pumped to be back in Bloomington to sling some zines!
Dec 6th @ Harmony School, 12-5, free to attend!
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Dec 6th @ Harmony School, 12-5, free to attend!
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Sticker design in progress for the analog nerds out there
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sticker design in progress for the analog nerds out there
Remember when your Grandma said how much she loves photography zines? Get her the gift she’s always wanted for the holidays.
MMM Nov 16th and @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
MMM Nov 16th and @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Remember when your Grandma said how much she loves photography zines? Get her the gift she’s always wanted for the holidays.
MMM Nov 16th and @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
MMM Nov 16th and @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
Calendar zine is just about done.
Dates, layouts, and images double checked thanks to some free printing at the library, on to proofs and then official printing before the Mariemont Markers Market on Nov 16th and then @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
Dates, layouts, and images double checked thanks to some free printing at the library, on to proofs and then official printing before the Mariemont Markers Market on Nov 16th and then @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Calendar zine is just about done.
Dates, layouts, and images double checked thanks to some free printing at the library, on to proofs and then official printing before the Mariemont Markers Market on Nov 16th and then @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
Dates, layouts, and images double checked thanks to some free printing at the library, on to proofs and then official printing before the Mariemont Markers Market on Nov 16th and then @bamfzinefest.bsky.social on Dec 6th
Here’s a few from an evening photo walk. Trying to get creative with an old camera and lens with no stabilization after the sun goes down.
October 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Here’s a few from an evening photo walk. Trying to get creative with an old camera and lens with no stabilization after the sun goes down.
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In a few months l'll be at Zinecinnati selling my photography zines. Been making zines for almost a year now, and I'm pumped to finally have a hometown show!
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In a few months l'll be at Zinecinnati selling my photography zines. Been making zines for almost a year now, and I'm pumped to finally have a hometown show!
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
Small collection of images from a few recent walks out with the camera.
October 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Small collection of images from a few recent walks out with the camera.
Been playing with some Minolta manual lenses and mixing different focusing with the lenses interesting bokeh. The b&w image has some interesting pinhole camera effects from shooting through a leaf that a bug chewed a bunch of holes through.
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Been playing with some Minolta manual lenses and mixing different focusing with the lenses interesting bokeh. The b&w image has some interesting pinhole camera effects from shooting through a leaf that a bug chewed a bunch of holes through.
Some b&w photos to celebrate finally catching up on my processing backlog 🥳
September 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some b&w photos to celebrate finally catching up on my processing backlog 🥳
Sometimes you try to get a photo of a streetcar moving crisply through the street with a blurred background and instead get an abstract image of a light painting with ghost legs. A case where the mistake is infinitely more interesting than what was intended.
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sometimes you try to get a photo of a streetcar moving crisply through the street with a blurred background and instead get an abstract image of a light painting with ghost legs. A case where the mistake is infinitely more interesting than what was intended.
Johnny Appleseeding some free zines around the city this morning
September 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Johnny Appleseeding some free zines around the city this morning
I share my feelings on being stuck in a crowd with this dog.
September 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I share my feelings on being stuck in a crowd with this dog.
Photos from traveling, some of the best don't really work on itty bitty phone screens, so l'll save those for a future print project.
I'll be at Zinecinnati in October, come say hi! I'll have some travel prints available there, and if I'm mega ambitious maybe a calendar zine might be ready by then.
I'll be at Zinecinnati in October, come say hi! I'll have some travel prints available there, and if I'm mega ambitious maybe a calendar zine might be ready by then.
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Photos from traveling, some of the best don't really work on itty bitty phone screens, so l'll save those for a future print project.
I'll be at Zinecinnati in October, come say hi! I'll have some travel prints available there, and if I'm mega ambitious maybe a calendar zine might be ready by then.
I'll be at Zinecinnati in October, come say hi! I'll have some travel prints available there, and if I'm mega ambitious maybe a calendar zine might be ready by then.
In a few months l'll be at Zinecinnati selling my photography zines. Been making zines for almost a year now, and I'm pumped to finally have a hometown show!
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In a few months l'll be at Zinecinnati selling my photography zines. Been making zines for almost a year now, and I'm pumped to finally have a hometown show!
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
October 18th, 2025
ARCO - 3301 Price Ave
Handful from a fun Northside Photo Walk
August 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Handful from a fun Northside Photo Walk
