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Scott Morrison: Allow yourself to stop, breathe, appreciate the world around you
"Olympus Trip 35. My love for this camera now knows no bounds." Tell us about yourself. I am 43. I live in Belfast. I work as Team Manager in an IT company. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My (initially digital) photography journey began in 2011 when I won a DSLR in a charity draw at work. Rejecting several offers from colleagues to sell the camera, I soon began to play around, getting to grips with the basics. Before too long I began to see my work featured in som
Hannah Shufro: Emotional involvement in every roll
"Since I picked up a camera, I’ve also started seeing new beauty in old routines and frequent stomping grounds." Tell us about yourself. I am 24 years-old! I graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI in 2014 and I’ve been living and working in New York City since. I live in Greenwich Village with my 95-year-old grandma and I currently work as a recruiter for a technology company in the Flatiron District. I graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies and Community Health and my
Thomas Wild: With a film camera, you won't miss anything else!
"I always try to figure out which camera and lenses are the best choice. Sometimes this takes longer than choosing my clothes." Tell us about yourself. I'm a 36 years old graphic designer, musician and photographer from München, Germany. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My passion for film started in highschool, where I had a photo course and the possibility to develop black and white film. We had a great teacher, we could do whatever we wanted and learned the basics o
The Rescued Film Project: Forgotten rolls of film deserve to be seen
"There have got to be thousands if not millions of rolls out in the world that needed rescuing." Tell us about you. How did this idea come to you? Why do you do it? My name is Levi Bettwieser, i'm the founder and film technician for The Rescued Film Project. I am a full time video producer at the world's largest health and fitness website, bodybuilding.com. I freelance as a commercial film photographer in my spare time, LBcustom.com. When I first moved from shooting digital to film, I q
Kornel Kabaja: Find a passion and pursue it
"Pentax 6x7, boy does that camera sound good when you fire it!" Tell us about yourself. I’m 26 years old, was born in a small city in Poland, just by the shores of the Baltic Sea. I now live in probably the most inspiring, beautiful and thriving city in the country, Wrocław and am on my way to becoming a software tester while being a part-time barista and exploring the culture around special coffee roasting and tasting. I like dealing with fragile natural aromas, pushing the development of
Wiktoria Potocka: Unnoticed shots
"I am not going anywhere without at least one camera." Tell us about yourself. 19-year-old polish student having a gap year. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started my adventure with film photography and photography at all in March 2014. I found my dad’s old camera and decided to give it a try. Now, I am not going anywhere without at least one camera. What Could we always find in your gear bag? Additional roll of film, dust removal tool and optic paper. Wh
Michael Taborsky: Shooting film from a young age
"Every time I get a "new" old camera, I get excited about it, because each camera sounds and feels different." Tell us about yourself. I'm 28 years old, living in Vienna at the moment. I'm doing my masters degree in communications at the moment and work full time as a PR & Social Media consultant at a local agency. Besides that I shoot film. When and how did the film journey begin for you? At a pretty young age. My mother studied applied arts and shot a lot of Polaroid back in the day
Serena Salerno: Chase away anxieties!
"I began to experience something using 35mm film and then I passed to 120mm film. Since then I fell in love." Tell us about yourself. I’m 24 years old, I’m from Torre Annunziata, a province of Naples. I studied fashion photography in Naples and now I do different jobs but my dream is to work full time as a photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I approached photography with a digital SLR, but I felt there was always something missing, I did not feel satisfied,
Vai Yu Law: Reveal your feelings
"I find film photography always will convey something." Tell us about yourself. 31, Toronto Canada and I’m a teacher and photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? It started sometime when I was in high school. It could have started before that as my mother always took family photos of me and my sisters. I always liked looking through the photos after they were developed. But, I can vividly remember my 16th birthday though because I had taken a lot of photos using
Trey Pentecost: Simple, common experiences on film
"Some good friends gave me a Mamiyaflex and a few rolls of T-Max. I was hooked." Tell us about yourself. I’m 39, live in New York City, and run a small IT services company. I also occasionally shoot photos for money. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I guess when I was a kid. I used to love playing with cameras whenever I could, and I'm sure I wasted plenty of my parents' film. I got into it seriously in 2005 when some good friends gave me a Mamiyaflex and a few rolls o
Adam von Wolfsberg: WWII reenactment and civilians
"My first "real" camera - a 1930 Leica II." Tell us about yourself. My name is Adam, I am 26, and I live in Brno, Czech Republic. I'm importing and selling chocolate. "Volle Deckung!"; Leica IIIc (1941) + Leitz Summitar 2/50 mm; Agfa APX 100 When and how did the film journey begin for you? I wasn't much interested in photography at first. We had a compact analog camera when I was a kid, and later a digital camera, but I never used them much. But back in 2005, I got into WW2 reenactin
Marian Chinciusan: Shoot with whatever gets in your hands
"Olympus OM-1 for 35mm. It's the one I connected with." Tell us about yourself. Hello, my name is Marian, I'm 29 and I work as a web-developer. I grew up in small town in Romania called Tarnaveni and now I live in Cluj-Napoca. That's where I shoot the most. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I think it started about 2 years ago, when I shot my first rolls of film using an old Yashica 35mm SLR. I liked it, but I felt I needed to do more than just shoot and take the film t