Snap Shots January 2026

Posted: December 20, 2025 | By: PHSNE Editor

The January 2026 snap shots includes:

  • A preview of Beautiful Tools: A Photographer’s Evolution, presented by Charles Baldwin at the January 2026 virtual meeting
  • Visit-worthy photography exhibits to kick off the new year
  • A deep dive on the Univex Mercury II, the quirky 1945 half-frame camera with a movie-camera-derived shutter
  • The story of photojournalist Al Rockoff and the uncertain fate of his Killing Fields negatives
Click here to download January 2026 snap shots

What the heck…

Are Those Even Cameras?!

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