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Gene Wilson

@genewilsonphoto.site
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Amateur rust-belt based photographer. Shoot mostly on film and am working with friends to build out a community darkroom in Pittsburgh (He/Him). genewilsonphoto.site www.analogliberation.com Anyone posting AI images gets an instant block

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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 07/09/2026
I help manage a community darkroom and by far the majority of our member are either young millennials or gen-z and they are all in on analog photography and techniques. They're shooting ancient cameras in all formats, experimenting with alternative printing, making zines, etc. I love it.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 06/09/2026
After a hike up and down some hilly city streets and stairs this afternoon. Have a roll of 35mm Delta 400 in the Holga.
A picture of a Holga plastic camera and a cup of coffee.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 06/09/2026
I love that stuff.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 18/08/2026
Is that from the trolley graveyard in Pennsylvania?
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 15/08/2026
Thank you so much for this article about us.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 13/08/2026
The Darkroom Collective that I belong to got a nice writeup in Pittsburgh's City Paper today! www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-enterta...
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Viva la analog: Millvale photo collective offers local photographers film, fun, flexibility
Analog Liberation is a cooperative space that specializes in time-honored techniques.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 09/08/2026
A triple exposure shot with a Holga 120 taken for a class with Ethereal Aperture. It's the outside of Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park in Pittsburgh. 🎞️ www.instagram.com/etherealaper...
A multiple exposure image of the greek pillars on the outside of the Allegheny Observatory.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 05/08/2026
I'm so happy to see this post and that scene has always made me laugh. Floyd travels all the way to the moon, at a cost of millions of dollars, just to deliver a speech that could have been an email.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 02/08/2026
this event is our love letter back to the community. it is because of the analog community that these art forms continue to thrive - and we couldn’t be prouder to be apart of it. we’ll see yinz there 📸
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 02/08/2026
join us for screenings, hands-on activities, photo booths, and more! keep your eyes here in the coming days as we showcase the artists + local vendors who will be joining us. interested already? check the link in bio to RSVP!
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 02/08/2026
www.instagram.com/p/DbgKI-xuXLj/ friends, family, + filmheads: we’re putting on a festival! we invite you to Analog Fest - a three day celebration of all things analog photography + filmmaking 🎞️ 📸 1/2
Analog Fest: August 28-30 The Maple Leaf, Millvale, PA
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 18/07/2026
Cabaret when I was 8. I guess my parents thought it was an important film and that I should see it or maybe they just couldn't get a babysitter?
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 13/07/2026
Amusingly, the current Google Maps Streetview image of the house shows "Jill Stein 2024" signs in the window. No relation as far as I know.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 13/07/2026
Unfortunately the current owner has the historic plaque covered up.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 13/07/2026
What's the challenge for Allegheny West?
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 13/07/2026
Can't let any actual sunlight get into the house on one of those 50 days a year that it's not cloudy here.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 31/05/2026
Some shots from the Filoli House in California with my Yashica D in Portra. 🎞️
Image of a path in a garden with colored paper lanterns overhead.View of a path in a garden through an archway of vines. A food trailer with a white globe in the foreground. A large planter in front of an ornamental pond in a garden.
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Stephanie Strasburg @stephstrasburg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood, lot for sale.
A For Sale sign advertising a development opportunity on a vacant, grassy lot is covered with a spray painted sign that reads "The working class must unite" in all capital letters. Around the lot are the neighborhood's typical narrow homes in yellow, blue, and gray siding, and one section in brick.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 11/05/2026
A few shots of Portra on my Yashica D from a photowalk with Eastern Standard Photo about a month ago. 🎞️
A picture of a walkway between two buildings with a cliffside in the background. A photo of a graffitied wall with a bench in front of it. Picture of an old warehouse in multiple bright colors. Graffiti on a garage door of some sort of red demon.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 08/05/2026
Such great contrast with Kentmere.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 02/05/2026
I never use a squeegee. Photoflo in distilled water for the final rinse and then do the salad spinner thing.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 18/04/2026
We've been going since 2010 and will miss it so much.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 16/04/2026
And of course, I'm not.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 14/04/2026
And over a year later no sign of any progress towards an Android client.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 05/04/2026
Same film festival, EbertFest, but last year both that and Art All Night were one week later. This is the last year for the film festival though.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 05/04/2026
Oh course it's the one weekend we're out of town.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 05/04/2026
That song is so burned in my brain. "And your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through"
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 30/03/2026
The darkroom collective I'm involved with just hit our limit of 25 members and I'm overjoyed at that. We got our new location up and running a little over a year ago and at that time we had 7 paying members and had no idea if anyone else was interested in our humble (but functional) facilities.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 26/03/2026
Some results from a Caffenol workshop given by one of the members of Analog Liberation. I did a quick walk around the neighborhood with my Yashica D and a roll of Acros II to give me something to develop. 🎞️ #believeinfilm
Black and white image of an old truck in front of a split level house.Black and white image of a big second empire houseblack and white image of a locked gate in front of a houseTall grass in front of a brick house.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 25/03/2026
Great day in the darkroom today making some fiber-paper prints.
Picture of a black and white photographic print in a washing tray.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 25/03/2026
From my hometown in New Jersey. My dad went to high school with him.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 24/03/2026
I remember Weldin. Didn't they have a cat in the store?
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 24/03/2026
I really hope I'm in town that weekend.
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Paula Smith @paulasmith.co.uk · 23/03/2026
Fascinating watch about the history of @ilfordphoto.com 🎞️ #believeinfilm youtu.be/hWgzwu2PJmY?...
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Inside Ilford: The Bankruptcy That Destroyed Britain’s Photography Empire
YouTube video by Lost Industries
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Pittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 19/03/2026
Pittsburgh, City Paper is BACK! You thought we were dead and gone, didn’t you? So did I. But to be honest, only very, very briefly. Today, we're thrilled to announce to yinz that Pittsburgh City Paper is coming back, baby! www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/pitts...
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 12/03/2026
I quit Twitter as soon as Elon brought that sink into the office and haven't looked back.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 06/03/2026
Another from that Holga shoot. 🎞️ #believeinfilm
A double exposure of solar panels on the roof of a garage.
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teamsandwich.bsky.social @teamsandwich.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Vancouver. Holga 120N / Rollei RPX 400 / developed & scanned at home #holga #rpx400 #rodinal #filmphotography #shootfilm
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John Scarbro @monobod.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Shake!! Holga 120 FN Kentmere 400. #holga #filmphotography #believeinfilm
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Brad Hurley @bradhurley.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Nice day for a picnic 📷Holga 120N 🎞️Ilford Delta 400 #filmphotography #Holga
A picnic table and two benches sit in front of a tree on a snow-covered riverbank. A railroad bridge and more trees are visible on the horizon.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 05/03/2026
Ultramax in an XA is exactly the right combination to shoot that car.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 04/03/2026
Haven't been shooting much lately but managed to get out and run a roll of Arista 400 through the Holga a few days ago doing some double-exposures. 🎞️ #believeinfilm
A double-exposure image of trees and a building.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 02/03/2026
Runequest
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 27/02/2026
A screenshot from Letterboxd of the last four films I've watched: Mrs. Miniver, I shot Jesse James, Glorifying the American Girl and Drunken Angel.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 18/02/2026
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) Charlotte's Web (1973 film) It being the 1970s, my parents let me and my friends walk to the theater by ourselves when we were as young as seven.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 17/02/2026
Rewatched fairly recently and still loved it. Wise is such an underrated director.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 11/02/2026
Working on a print in the Analog Liberation darkroom yesterday for our show next week. It's a 16x20 print from a 4x5 negative.
A darkroom prints soaking in a water bath in a tray.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 24/01/2026
R.I.P. Uncle Floyd Vivino, host of The Uncle Floyd Show and legendary New Jerseyan www.avclub.com/rip-uncle-fl... Another hero of my youth is gone.
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R.I.P. Uncle Floyd Vivino, host of The Uncle Floyd Show and legendary New Jerseyan
R.I.P. Uncle Floyd Vivino, host of The Uncle Floyd Show and legendary New Jerseyan
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 20/01/2026
Ilford Delta 100 35mm. Probably with a long exposure.
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Gene Wilson @genewilsonphoto.site · 20/01/2026
From a few years ago at an abandoned Westinghouse factory in Cleveland. There's a human in there if you look carefully. 🎞️ #believeinfilm
A very dark black and white image of a flooded and abandoned factory floor with concrete pillars holding the ceiling up.
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