James Barkman is an adventure photographer and life enthusiast living between a sailboat and 1976 VW bus.
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All you need to know about the most legendary, underrated, and rightly hyped 35mm and 120 medium format rangefinders, SLRs, and point & shoot cameras
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From the most popular and sought after to the true underrated (and cheap) workhorses, we present the best 35mm film cameras still available today
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Adventure photographer James Barkman shares a first-hand account of summiting the 12,241' pyramid of rock and ice—central Alaska's most striking peak
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Adventure photographer James Barkman trades his famous VW bus for a fishing boat for a summer of salmon chasing
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200 pages of dreamy converted camper vans, custom Sprinters, classic VW Buses and Vanagons, and more, photographed by James Barkman
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Frostbite, altitude sickness, weeklong storms, near-death missteps, and sheer boredom—adventure photographer James Barkman recounts a 16-day summit effort to 20,310 feet
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Adventure photographer James Barkman sets off toward Alaska on a 30,000-mile motorcycle mission to climb peaks across the Americas
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Adventure photographer and veteran van-dweller James Barkman tells it like it is
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With ice axe in one hand and analog camera in the other, a classic PNW summit was won
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Chasing waves and Sasquatch sightings with a few fellow #vanlife enthusiasts
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New friends, old vans, and ancient cacti in one of California's most treasured landscapes
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Two dirtbags, a handful of film, and the island nation's iconic Ring Road