I found these Frank Van Ripper essays mentioned on Rangefinder Forum

One Photographer's Return to Film

At a time when Eastman Kodak is announcing that it no longer will sell traditional film cameras in the US, Canada and Western Europe, I think it's important to offer the thoughts of my friend and colleague Paul Gero, an ex-newspaper photographer-turned freelance who is making a name for himself on the west coast as a commercial shooter and wedding photographer. Paul, who bows to no one in his appreciation and use of PhotoShop, who knows his way around virtually every high-end digital rig on the market, and who has been shooting professionally for well over two decades, relayed the following to me in a recent e-mail: "Just wanted you to know that after seven years, I've decided to buy a Leica again!" Not only that, Paul said, but "I've also decided to go back to film for my own weddings..."

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Burnett's 4x5: Covering Politics the Hard Way

I've linked to this before but it's worth reading again.

Dave, who never met a camera system he didn't like – or couldn't master and produce great images with – is now covering the men who would be president with a brace of ancient 4x5 Speed Graphic press cameras – and the occasional medium format Rolleiflex and Holga. He was a familiar sight on the trail four years ago with his plastic square-format Holgas, and in fact, made one of the best images of the 2000 campaign with it: a picture of Al Gore on the stump, stemwinding in shirtsleeve shortly before Election Day – as ominous clouds loom overhead.

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Here is his index page. I need to check back regularly.

Frank Van Riper on Photography