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Photographer | Eater | Sleeper
Living in Ottawa
From Dhaka, Bangladesh
@diet_mondrian for extras and YouTube links

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titling this one: male photographers

(for legal reasons this is a joke lol, courtesy of my very funny friend @saif9817)

created on the traditional, unceded territories of the algonquin nation on my #minoltasrt200 on #fujifilm400

#portraitsonfilm #ottawafilmphotographers

also Saif’s shirt really summing up the vibe of my virgo season so far - anybody else?! 🤪

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Other People's Art - August 2026 (2026)
Between True To Life and the Ottawa Street Photography Society, last Saturday was a busy one for photography in Ottawa.

@true_to_life_ottawa photographers Rebecca and James took the plunge into film photography! And they did it while nailing focus, exposure, composition and good subjects! Check out Rebecca's portraits and Dow's Lake shot! Check out James's urban landscape! AMAZING WORK, GANG! Kelly busted out her Hassy 500 and I handed over my precious F3, so the students were learning on the Rolls and Beamer of the camera world. Not too shabby :D

After that it was off to the vernissage for @ottawastreetphotosociety's first show. This syndicate is like a who's who of analog centretown badasses. Doing the show outside at Bank and Frank on a shipping container was the chef's kiss.

That's Ottawa for ya.

#filmisnotdead #ottawa #truetolifeottawa
#filmphotography

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The Ottawa Street Photography Society invites you to our first exhibition!

Our sixth exhibitor spotlight is for @saif9817

“Saif Rahman was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He moved to Canada in 2018 for university and has not stopped photographing the
streets of Ottawa since. A longtime resident of Centretown, he can be seen regularly exploring the neighborhood and the city,
camera in hand, looking to capture the unorthodox moments of everyday life, bits of comedy and documenting the city as it is.”

The exhibition is open now!

Location: Uncommon Space at Bank and Frank in @centretownottawa behind the shipping container

Dates - Tuesday, August 18th to Monday, August 31st

Poster by OSPS member @holdencoleman

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Thank you to everyone who came out to our Vernissage on Saturday! It was great to chat with all of you!

We also had some OSPS stickers to give away, there might be more kicking about if you run into any of our members!

The exhibition is still up until the end of the month so swing by and check it out at the Uncommon Space at Bank St and Frank St, on the back sides of the Yellow Shipping container!

Thank you again to @uncommon_ottawa and @centretownottawa for letting us use the space to put this on!!

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Bringing two cultures together in marriage is the most beautiful thing! 💍✨👰🏾🤵‍♂️

The most special day of our lives!! A moment to cherish and a memory that will last forever! To be married on this special day means so much and the village surrounding us is the biggest blessing of all 💖💕
📸: @saif9817
💄: @tosshitagulatiartistry

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Haven’t brought out the gold ol’ #campsnap 103B in a minute, here’s a little dump from my adventure to setup the @ottawastreetphotosociety exhibition earlier today 🤙🏻

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bff got married!! 🩷💚💜🤍

📸 @laurenjayphoto

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I love my film friends!!!!!!!! shoutout @adelmanji for organizing. take this as your sign to get out there with your creative buddies and make something!!!!!! also I think it’s worth your while to stick around to the end for a laugh courtesy of @saif9817 🎞️

#womenwhoshootfilm #ottawafilmcollective #friendsonfilm

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✨ VOLUME 5 ISSUE 20 ✨ OUT NOW ✨

This issue explores the fortunate intersection of unexpected subjects captured with unanticipated results. Subscribers should be receiving their copies in the mail soon. If you haven’t subscribed yet, be sure to check out our pick-up spots in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to everybody who submitted!

Special thanks to guest curator @ubertomsharp for contributing to this issue.

Ce numéro explore l’heureuse rencontre entre des sujets inattendus, saisis avec des résultats surprenants. Les abonnés devraient recevoir leur exemplaire par la poste sous peu. Si vous n’êtes pas encore abonné(e), n’oubliez pas de consulter nos points de dépôt au cours des prochaines semaines. Merci à toutes les personnes qui ont soumis leurs œuvres!

Un merci tout particulier au conservateur invité @ubertomsharp pour sa contribution à ce numéro.

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@liammilne_
@chloeastronaute
@silentheadss
@saif9817
@ky_l_e
@bkshaughn
@janinelameiras
@jillianrumseyarttt
@meatnerd
@dreamportal.visuals
@grain_with_gusto
@seethruc2
@devon.r.photos
@erik.menard
@kennethphoto_
@theresekirchnerphoto
@vestigialfilm
@marcus_the_plant
@jmoberg.jpeg

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pics from a (photo) walk in the park organized by @adelmanji

(if you saw this post go up and then immediately disappear no you didn’t)

🏷️ #35mm #filmphotography #madewithkodak #ottawa

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❌New Comic Book Picks of the Week for May 13 2006❌

Big week with Absolute Batman 20 and Absolute Martian Manhunter 11 leading the charge …. And that also means our store exclusive with @captcancomics and @ledkilla for Absolute Batman 20 is officially releasing!!!!!

There’s plenty of other reason to be hitting the store on top of that …. Marvel is back with another round of Magic the Gathering variants. Knull # 5 is dropping along with Captain America 11.

D’Orc 4 , Star Wars Shadows of Maul 4, Wolverine , Ultimate End Game , Tansformers are also on the release schedule…

Big week!

#newcomicbookday #absolutebatman #comicbooks #comicbookcommunity

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I recently had the privilege of recording a structured-improv augmented organ piece at the @cu_cdcc with my good friend and fellow grad student @kim.farrismanning. The recording is out now on all streaming services (link in bio)!

Details (if you’re curious!) :
This augmented organ involves putting microphones close to the organ pipes and getting a live, audio from the organ into my laptop (running several parallel signal chains in Ableton Live). The organ sound is then modified in real time with parameters I was able to adjust using a MIDI controller. This digitally augmented sound was then played over loudspeakers mixing with the acoustic sound of the organ itself creating an interesting layers which listeners were encouraged to explore by walking around the space during the show. Kim and I also both had vocal mics with some extra processing and some other digital samples were also used (I don’t want to ruin any surprise moments so that’s all I’ll say!)

The piece explores themes of transcendentalism using @sunblindstudios ’s idea of the megaphonic as a guiding topic. If you’d like to hear more details about the research, themes, and analysis behind the peice itself feel free to shoot me a DM! Happy to also share more details about the specifics of my setup!

I want to think everyone who helped make this project (a long-time dream of mine) into a reality! Thanks to @ethansmci / @sandourmusic and Adrian Foster for being very generous with their time and knowledge in helping me troubleshoot and design both the creative and technical elements of the piece. Thanks to @geunf for helping record audio in the room during the performance and @saif9817 for taking all of the wonderful photos in this reel and for the cover art. Thanks @u_s.i.f for helping edit this reel. Thanks to Dr. Ellen Waterman and the @cu_cdcc who helped organize time for me to both rehearse and perform the final piece. Finally thanks to my collaborator @kim.farrismanning who dedicated so much of their time and energy to this project which I appreciate more than I can say!

Thank you everyone who helped and everyone who listens!

AM x

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