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35mm film photographer from Texas, shooting on a Minolta X-700.
Josh Ozuna is a hobbyist 35mm film photographer based in Dallas, Texas, documenting everyday life on analog film. Since 2022, he has shot exclusively on a silver Minolta X-700—a manual-focus SLR from the early 1980s—primarily shooting Kodak Portra. Every photograph on this site is unedited, presented exactly as it came back from the lab. Unlike portfolios designed to sell a service, this site is a personal archive of the outdoors, everyday observations, street scenes, dogs, and the details most people walk past without noticing.
I shifted from digital to analog in '22 and it felt like downgrading from fiber internet to dial-up—life in slow motion. There is no rapid-fire guessing, no instant playback or immediate satisfaction, and no "fixing it in post." There are only 36 opportunities per roll, so the approach has to be intentional.
My primary camera is a silver Minolta X-700, an O.G. that is older than me, circa the early 1980s. The analog film it carries forces me to slow down, be selective, and accept that even if the end result isn't what I hoped for—I did hope for it. Every image you see here is unedited, presented exactly as it was post-processed and scanned.
I built this website from scratch because I wanted a space to host my photos outside of social media feeds, walled gardens, and engagement algorithms. These photos are here for posterity, for the people in my immediate orbit, and for anyone else who happens to stumble upon them. Thank you for being here.
If you'd like to use an image for a personal project, or for any other reason, please check my Image Use & Licensing or feel free to send me a message if you just want to say hello.
I'm not as active there as I used to be since this site has taken priority, but if you'd like to see an extensive archive of my photographic journey—from early Instagram adoption to the earliest years you see here—visit my Instagram @jozuna.