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Church & Street Foto Club

A weekly publication around street photography, travel, self-discovery, and occasionally, cameras.

Newsletter · By Gajan Balan · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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  1. Issue · Oct 1, 2026

    Packing For Ladakh (opens the original)

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    I’m on a mission to photograph people across the 28 states of India. It’s part of a long-term project so naturally, an order starts to present itself on which states I get to visit in any given year.Six years in, I’m finally reaching state number eleven: Ladakh.<sourc

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    The Death of Street Photography (opens the original)

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    The birth of the Church & Street Foto Club, this newsletter and the community orbiting it, was the result of my experiences with street photography around the world. I found that the more you throw yourself into the photographic journey, the more it envelopes you with a sense of clarity.The act of photography has some really addictive properties to it and for many, it can become a religion of sorts. This collection of behaviours and beliefs that keep us in a regular state of in service of.Hence

  3. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    Leica Summilux 35mm Long-Term Review (opens the original)

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    Let me ask you something: if you had to pick one prime lens to carry for the rest of your creative journey, what would it be?(Let me know in the comments)For many photographers, the answer often strikes a bit of a tug-of-war between the wide canvas of a 28mm or the focused gaze of a 50mm. For me, the answer will always come back to a 35mm.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!s054!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack

  4. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    Creativity At Sea (opens the original)

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    Somewhere between my friend’s gallery opening and a Brand New Day, I get a call. It’s the type of call that instantly derails my plans because it hooks into my neurodivergent tendencies like spear and well, there goes the day.I’d be offered an opportunity to go aboard the Ocean Explorer as it sailed between Iceland, Greenlan

  5. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    What Makes The 35mm So Special? (opens the original)

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    If I had to pick one focal length for the rest of my career, it’d be a 35. There’s something about this lens that feels more fluid than most. It’s a bit of a chameleon. Where a 28mm lens stages a scene and a 50mm lens stages a subject, a 35mm lens pulls from both for a wholly unique shooting experience.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lRoZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic

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