Jon Bosak
@bosak.flx.masto.host.ap.brid.gy
Retired standards expert living in upstate NY. Photographer. Writer. Gardener. Syndicalist. Animist. Doomer. Occasional mystic. Member of The Things Network Ithaca […]
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#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686914: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Someone I ran into on the Commons.
Roll 19686914: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Someone I ran into on the Commons.
December 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686914: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Someone I ran into on the Commons.
Roll 19686914: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Someone I ran into on the Commons.
Reposted by Jon Bosak
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nancycomics/115775264429967350
What astonishing draftsmanship in the third panel. And how much more it makes me appreciate the skill that went into the second.
What astonishing draftsmanship in the third panel. And how much more it makes me appreciate the skill that went into the second.
mastodon.social
December 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nancycomics/115775264429967350
What astonishing draftsmanship in the third panel. And how much more it makes me appreciate the skill that went into the second.
What astonishing draftsmanship in the third panel. And how much more it makes me appreciate the skill that went into the second.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686913, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
The scene shifts to the UCR library. Why the library? Because that's where I happened to be at that moment.
Set One.
Roll 19686913, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
The scene shifts to the UCR library. Why the library? Because that's where I happened to be at that moment.
Set One.
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Roll 19686913, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
The scene shifts to the UCR library. Why the library? Because that's where I happened to be at that moment.
Set One.
Roll 19686913, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
The scene shifts to the UCR library. Why the library? Because that's where I happened to be at that moment.
Set One.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686913: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
People randomly encountered over the course of a day.
One: A chance conversation. I knew the guy pretty well, but I'm struggling to remember his name.
Roll 19686913: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
People randomly encountered over the course of a day.
One: A chance conversation. I knew the guy pretty well, but I'm struggling to remember his name.
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686913: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
People randomly encountered over the course of a day.
One: A chance conversation. I knew the guy pretty well, but I'm struggling to remember his name.
Roll 19686913: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
People randomly encountered over the course of a day.
One: A chance conversation. I knew the guy pretty well, but I'm struggling to remember his name.
An interesting WSJ opinion piece (free) for people who want to understand what's going on in American politics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/heritage-foundation-staff-exodus-mike-pence-kevin-roberts-c4ba0b7c?st=gYdTsG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/heritage-foundation-staff-exodus-mike-pence-kevin-roberts-c4ba0b7c?st=gYdTsG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
An interesting WSJ opinion piece (free) for people who want to understand what's going on in American politics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/heritage-foundation-staff-exodus-mike-pence-kevin-roberts-c4ba0b7c?st=gYdTsG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/heritage-foundation-staff-exodus-mike-pence-kevin-roberts-c4ba0b7c?st=gYdTsG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
#photography #filmphotography
I'm hitting the road first thing tomorrow, so I'm posting my #tlrtuesday photo early. (Well, it's Tuesday in Japan, right?)
Olla (1973). Mamiya C33, 80mm f/2.8 Mamiya-Sekor, Plus-X.
I'm hitting the road first thing tomorrow, so I'm posting my #tlrtuesday photo early. (Well, it's Tuesday in Japan, right?)
Olla (1973). Mamiya C33, 80mm f/2.8 Mamiya-Sekor, Plus-X.
December 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
#photography #filmphotography
I'm hitting the road first thing tomorrow, so I'm posting my #tlrtuesday photo early. (Well, it's Tuesday in Japan, right?)
Olla (1973). Mamiya C33, 80mm f/2.8 Mamiya-Sekor, Plus-X.
I'm hitting the road first thing tomorrow, so I'm posting my #tlrtuesday photo early. (Well, it's Tuesday in Japan, right?)
Olla (1973). Mamiya C33, 80mm f/2.8 Mamiya-Sekor, Plus-X.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686912: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Cafeteria workers. The darkrooms where I lived most of the time were in the same building.
Roll 19686912: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Cafeteria workers. The darkrooms where I lived most of the time were in the same building.
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686912: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Cafeteria workers. The darkrooms where I lived most of the time were in the same building.
Roll 19686912: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Cafeteria workers. The darkrooms where I lived most of the time were in the same building.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686911, cont.: UC Riverside (1968)
The evening wears on.
One.
Roll 19686911, cont.: UC Riverside (1968)
The evening wears on.
One.
December 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686911, cont.: UC Riverside (1968)
The evening wears on.
One.
Roll 19686911, cont.: UC Riverside (1968)
The evening wears on.
One.
RE: https://mastodon.ozioso.online/@ArnoldGenthe/115755416119801769
I love these glimpses of the past, but it makes me sad that the LoC couldn't provide better scans. Genthe was a brilliant and very careful photographer, and I'm quite sure that his negs contain vastly more information than what […]
I love these glimpses of the past, but it makes me sad that the LoC couldn't provide better scans. Genthe was a brilliant and very careful photographer, and I'm quite sure that his negs contain vastly more information than what […]
Original post on flx.masto.host
flx.masto.host
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
RE: https://mastodon.ozioso.online/@ArnoldGenthe/115755416119801769
I love these glimpses of the past, but it makes me sad that the LoC couldn't provide better scans. Genthe was a brilliant and very careful photographer, and I'm quite sure that his negs contain vastly more information than what […]
I love these glimpses of the past, but it makes me sad that the LoC couldn't provide better scans. Genthe was a brilliant and very careful photographer, and I'm quite sure that his negs contain vastly more information than what […]
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686911: UC Riverside (1968)
Keggers were a fixture of college life. You paid an entrance fee and then drank all you could hold (and perhaps more).
This roll, taken on film with no frame numbers or other edge […]
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Roll 19686911: UC Riverside (1968)
Keggers were a fixture of college life. You paid an entrance fee and then drank all you could hold (and perhaps more).
This roll, taken on film with no frame numbers or other edge […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686911: UC Riverside (1968)
Keggers were a fixture of college life. You paid an entrance fee and then drank all you could hold (and perhaps more).
This roll, taken on film with no frame numbers or other edge […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686911: UC Riverside (1968)
Keggers were a fixture of college life. You paid an entrance fee and then drank all you could hold (and perhaps more).
This roll, taken on film with no frame numbers or other edge […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
The visit to L.A. continues.
One: Me, photo by Melanie. The hat is one of her dad's designs.
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
The visit to L.A. continues.
One: Me, photo by Melanie. The hat is one of her dad's designs.
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
The visit to L.A. continues.
One: Me, photo by Melanie. The hat is one of her dad's designs.
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
The visit to L.A. continues.
One: Me, photo by Melanie. The hat is one of her dad's designs.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
One: Melanie, looking cute on the mattress that passed for our bed. The wall behind gives a pretty accurate indication of the kind of places we lived in for the next eight years.
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
One: Melanie, looking cute on the mattress that passed for our bed. The wall behind gives a pretty accurate indication of the kind of places we lived in for the next eight years.
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
One: Melanie, looking cute on the mattress that passed for our bed. The wall behind gives a pretty accurate indication of the kind of places we lived in for the next eight years.
Roll 19686907: Riverside and Los Angeles (1968 or 1969)
One: Melanie, looking cute on the mattress that passed for our bed. The wall behind gives a pretty accurate indication of the kind of places we lived in for the next eight years.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686909, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
Paul and Cindy, continued.
Set One.
Roll 19686909, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
Paul and Cindy, continued.
Set One.
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686909, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
Paul and Cindy, continued.
Set One.
Roll 19686909, cont.: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
Paul and Cindy, continued.
Set One.
Unfortunately, I posted all of my recent end-of-the-year TLR work a few weeks ago, so I won't have anything fresh for #tlrtuesday till I get back from holiday travels in January. Here instead is a favorite from the archives, fondly remembered as the day in […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Unfortunately, I posted all of my recent end-of-the-year TLR work a few weeks ago, so I won't have anything fresh for #tlrtuesday till I get back from holiday travels in January. Here instead is a favorite from the archives, fondly remembered as the day in […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686908, cont., and Roll 19686909: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Cindy, sleeping.
Roll 19686908, cont., and Roll 19686909: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Cindy, sleeping.
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686908, cont., and Roll 19686909: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Cindy, sleeping.
Roll 19686908, cont., and Roll 19686909: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
One: Cindy, sleeping.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686908: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
A theater class.
Set One.
Roll 19686908: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
A theater class.
Set One.
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686908: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
A theater class.
Set One.
Roll 19686908: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
A theater class.
Set One.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686907: UC Riverside (1968)
This roll had no frame numbers and only the designation "Eastman 14 1H" on the edge. It was almost certainly one of Kodak's "recording films."
One: A troupe from Mexico performs.
Roll 19686907: UC Riverside (1968)
This roll had no frame numbers and only the designation "Eastman 14 1H" on the edge. It was almost certainly one of Kodak's "recording films."
One: A troupe from Mexico performs.
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686907: UC Riverside (1968)
This roll had no frame numbers and only the designation "Eastman 14 1H" on the edge. It was almost certainly one of Kodak's "recording films."
One: A troupe from Mexico performs.
Roll 19686907: UC Riverside (1968)
This roll had no frame numbers and only the designation "Eastman 14 1H" on the edge. It was almost certainly one of Kodak's "recording films."
One: A troupe from Mexico performs.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686906: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Melanie, on our bed (a mattress on the floor). I didn't sleep on an actual bed until 1976.
Roll 19686906: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Melanie, on our bed (a mattress on the floor). I didn't sleep on an actual bed until 1976.
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686906: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Melanie, on our bed (a mattress on the floor). I didn't sleep on an actual bed until 1976.
Roll 19686906: UC Riverside (1968)
One: Melanie, on our bed (a mattress on the floor). I didn't sleep on an actual bed until 1976.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686903: UC Riverside (October 1968)
More Commons PR photos, this roll taken with the Rolleicord.
Set One: Exteriors.
Roll 19686903: UC Riverside (October 1968)
More Commons PR photos, this roll taken with the Rolleicord.
Set One: Exteriors.
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686903: UC Riverside (October 1968)
More Commons PR photos, this roll taken with the Rolleicord.
Set One: Exteriors.
Roll 19686903: UC Riverside (October 1968)
More Commons PR photos, this roll taken with the Rolleicord.
Set One: Exteriors.
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686902, cont.: UC Riverside (October 1968)
My run around the Commons continues.
One: Leslie Lewis attempts to engage a harmless stranger in conversation about the hunting knife she carries in her bag.
We all […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686902, cont.: UC Riverside (October 1968)
My run around the Commons continues.
One: Leslie Lewis attempts to engage a harmless stranger in conversation about the hunting knife she carries in her bag.
We all […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686902, cont.: UC Riverside (October 1968)
My run around the Commons continues.
One: Leslie Lewis attempts to engage a harmless stranger in conversation about the hunting knife she carries in her bag.
We all […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686902, cont.: UC Riverside (October 1968)
My run around the Commons continues.
One: Leslie Lewis attempts to engage a harmless stranger in conversation about the hunting knife she carries in her bag.
We all […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686902: UC Riverside (September 1968)
This roll and the next (19686903) are the only ones in the 196869 collection with any annotation; "Commons PR 9/68" is written on the back of the proof sheets. Apparently […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686902: UC Riverside (September 1968)
This roll and the next (19686903) are the only ones in the 196869 collection with any annotation; "Commons PR 9/68" is written on the back of the proof sheets. Apparently […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686902: UC Riverside (September 1968)
This roll and the next (19686903) are the only ones in the 196869 collection with any annotation; "Commons PR 9/68" is written on the back of the proof sheets. Apparently […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686902: UC Riverside (September 1968)
This roll and the next (19686903) are the only ones in the 196869 collection with any annotation; "Commons PR 9/68" is written on the back of the proof sheets. Apparently […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686901: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
This last collection of negatives from the box labeled "1967-69" consists of entire rolls clipped to proof sheets that are (as usual) lacking any further information (the […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686901: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
This last collection of negatives from the box labeled "1967-69" consists of entire rolls clipped to proof sheets that are (as usual) lacking any further information (the […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Roll 19686901: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
This last collection of negatives from the box labeled "1967-69" consists of entire rolls clipped to proof sheets that are (as usual) lacking any further information (the […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Roll 19686901: UC Riverside (1968 or 1969)
This last collection of negatives from the box labeled "1967-69" consists of entire rolls clipped to proof sheets that are (as usual) lacking any further information (the […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Page 196769b39: Riverside (1969)
Very rare color photos of my roommate, Bob, and my new girlfriend, Melanie.
This is the end of the collection of negatives that were found in individual strips jumbled together at […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Page 196769b39: Riverside (1969)
Very rare color photos of my roommate, Bob, and my new girlfriend, Melanie.
This is the end of the collection of negatives that were found in individual strips jumbled together at […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#photography #filmphotography #retrobosak
Page 196769b39: Riverside (1969)
Very rare color photos of my roommate, Bob, and my new girlfriend, Melanie.
This is the end of the collection of negatives that were found in individual strips jumbled together at […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
Page 196769b39: Riverside (1969)
Very rare color photos of my roommate, Bob, and my new girlfriend, Melanie.
This is the end of the collection of negatives that were found in individual strips jumbled together at […]
[Original post on flx.masto.host]
#photography #filmphotography
A technology returns from the dead.
https://zebradryplates.com/after-half-a-century-machine-coated-dry-plates-are-back/
A couple of members of my analog photo club shoot plates, but of course the plates are pretty old. One of them has been cutting camera-size […]
A technology returns from the dead.
https://zebradryplates.com/after-half-a-century-machine-coated-dry-plates-are-back/
A couple of members of my analog photo club shoot plates, but of course the plates are pretty old. One of them has been cutting camera-size […]
Original post on flx.masto.host
flx.masto.host
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#photography #filmphotography
A technology returns from the dead.
https://zebradryplates.com/after-half-a-century-machine-coated-dry-plates-are-back/
A couple of members of my analog photo club shoot plates, but of course the plates are pretty old. One of them has been cutting camera-size […]
A technology returns from the dead.
https://zebradryplates.com/after-half-a-century-machine-coated-dry-plates-are-back/
A couple of members of my analog photo club shoot plates, but of course the plates are pretty old. One of them has been cutting camera-size […]