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Photography

Public-safe editorial previews from the FOI house. The archive is larger; this room is what we choose to keep in daylight.

House kit

What the camera recorded

FOI shoots digital and analogue from the same Kolkata house. Camera notes below come from FOI original files (Sony EXIF) and from the Behance / Adobe Portfolio projects they were published with — Shoot on 120 Film, ZINE Edition 01, and Kodak Vision3 250D.

Bodies

  • Sony Alpha 7 IV (ILCE-7M4) — principal digital body
  • Yashica Mat 124G — 120 twin-lens reflex
  • 35mm motion-picture cameras for Kodak Vision3 250D tests
  • Fujifilm bodies for the Victoria Memorial sitting
  • iPhone 12 and iPhone 14 Pro — production stills and BTS

Lenses

  • ZEISS Batis 85mm f/1.8 — portraits and muse studies
  • Sony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS — close work
  • Sony FE 24–70mm F2.8 GM II — rooms, wide sets, establishing frames

Film

  • Kodak Portra 160 (120)
  • Kodak Gold 200 (120)
  • Kodak Vision3 250D (35mm motion-picture stock, scanned on a Fujifilm Frontier SP3000)
  • ZineOriginal: 35mm, medium format and Polaroid editions

Light

  • Tungsten practicals and warm candlelight against cold window-blue
  • Godox strobes when the room needs a decided edge
  • ARRI lamps on film days — kept in the frame on purpose
  • Natural light and intuitive metering for 120 film (no digital preview)
Dated notes
SittingBodyLensExposure

ZEISS Batis 85mm — muse studies

FOI original files, Lightroom Classic

Sony ILCE-7M4ZEISS Batis 1.8/851/200–1/400 · f/3.2–f/5 · ISO 640–1250

100mm Macro — close studies

FOI original files, 12 April 2026

Sony ILCE-7M4FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS1/320 · f/5.6 · ISO 1250

24–70mm — the house as a set

FOI original files, The Hundredth Chamber rooms

Sony ILCE-7M4FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II at 24mm1/200 · f/2.8 · ISO 1250

Shoot on 120 Film

Behance / Adobe Portfolio: Shoot on 120 Film · Kodak Portra 160 and Gold 200

Yashica Mat 124GFixed TLR taking lensNatural light, intuitive metering — no digital preview

Kodak Vision3 250D

Adobe Portfolio: Shoot on Kodak Vision3 250D · ft. Saptami Banerjee

35mm motion-picture filmPrime stills lenses, daylight stockNatural light · scanned Fujifilm Frontier SP3000

Analogue projects also live on Behance. Full sittings that are adult-oriented stay on the marked FOI Boudoir room, not on this page.

  • Muse in lace before Victoria Memorial
    Photography — Kolkata golden hour
  • Muse before the Memorial
    Photography — Victoria Memorial
  • Two frames from the Fujifilm sitting
    Photography — diptych
  • Naiad diptych
    Photography
  • Reaching toward the canopy
    Photography
  • Floral dress in a Kolkata garden
    Photography — garden
  • Pale dress among cannas
    Photography — garden
  • Still pond in green
    Photography — landscape
  • Close portrait, lace strap
    Photography — portrait
  • Direct portrait
    Photography — portrait
  • Through a curtain
    Photography — portrait
  • Roses in the hair
    Photography — portrait
  • Close study of a mouth
    Photography — detail
  • Football jersey portrait
    Photography — campaign
  • Reading among stacked books
    Photography — interior
  • Swapna Halder in profile, black and white
    Photography — Swapna Halder
  • Swapna Halder in warm window light
    Photography — Swapna Halder
  • Aayu Choudhary in profile
    Photography — Aayu Choudhary
  • Aayu Choudhary at the window
    Photography — Aayu Choudhary
  • Poulomi, Look 01
    Photography — Poulomi
  • Poulomi with flowers
    Photography — Poulomi
  • Shoot on 120 Film
    Photography — 120 film
  • Still from the 120 sitting
    Photography — 120 film
  • ZINE Edition 01
    Photography — analogue zine
  • Kodak Vision3 250D portrait
    Photography — Vision3

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