documentary
Citizens by Rossella Castello
"In the end, developing negatives, printing in the darkroom, playing around with chemicals was what made up my mind and made me shoot only film now" Tell us about yourself. Hey, I’m Rossella and I’m 21. I’m from Italy but I have been living in London since two years now. I am attending my last year of Photographic Arts. Tell us about the project Citizens Ten different shops, ten different cultures, one road. CITIZENS is an attempt to show how different ethnicities are cooperatively w
Film photography without borders, by Halim Ina
"The people's willingness to lay themselves bare to the camera, and to allow their stories to be transferred to film, is an honor which can only be returned by making the visual record faithfull" "Through the portraits displayed on these pages, over 400 girls living in rural India now have access to a quality education. In cooperation with Humana People to People India and Nirvanavan Foundation, schools have been introduced to villages where the education of girls was truly suffering. Many of
People on film by Lester Cannon
"The photos came back great and I was sold on film from then on." Tell us about yourself. I am from California but currently living in Germany. When and how did the film journey begin for you? When I got back into photography in 2011 I noticed that many of the photographers who I admired or thought their photos had a unique look were film photographers. After seeing the amazing results that film could produce I decided I needed to shoot film also. I had no clue what to buy and my fir
Culture swap: Romania - Russia
Film can travel! The onfilm.photo community members did another film swap! The artists are two young girls who used our swap center. Meet Polina Kishova and Crista Oiegas. They used a roll of Fomapan ISO 200. The first shooter was Crista. She used a Canon AE-1 Program. All the shots are taken in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, including some portraits of her best friend. Then came Polina. She used a Lomo LC-A and shot in Belarus and Russia. You'll see people, buildings, pipes, cathedrals
Visuals on film, by Madhana Gopal
"Film never ceases to surprises me." Tell us about yourself. I am 25, born and brought up in Madras. I have lived here all my life and the city has been a major part in what I am as a photographer. So yes I am a documentary photographer who produces visual content for living. It is hard to make a living just being a documentary photographer unless you have made a name for yourself. So i create visual content like music videos, product photography, corporate films which fund my life and my p
Film and spice and everything nice! by Brenda Brown
" You can make a camera with a can, a matchbox, a room, a box of shoes or whatever you imagine" Tell us about yourself. Hi!! My name is Brenda, I´m 27 years old, and I actually work in a professional photo lab. I don´t have formal studies in photography but i´m quite enthusiastic and autodidact. Homemade redscale film. Double exposure When and how did the film journey begin for you? My film journey began when i was 18, my father gave me my first camera for my birthday: A Canon Eos Re
Disposables in a complicated world, by disposablelife
"With disposables there is a rawness because so much is out of your control" Tell us about yourself. My name is Wyatt and I'm 27 years old. I live in Los Angeles and I'm an actor. When and how did you start using disposable cameras? I started using disposables Summer of 2010. I planned a 10 day trip to Big Sur with several of my friends and was so excited to document our travels, but I quickly realized I forgot my camera. That was a horrible feeling, but at the grocery store I saw a 3
Film takeover with Luke Dennison
"The 50mm Summicron...if it's good enough for Henri Cartier-Bresson, its good enough for me." Tell us about yourself. Well, my name is Luke Dennison and I'm 20 years old currently residing in Michigan in the United States. I work as a wedding and portrait photographer when I'm home and a documentary photographer abroad, which is where my true passion lies. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My dad had an old Minolta SLR with a 45mm f2.0 lens when I was just starting photo
Black and White by Dewa
His real name is Ryza Wijayanda Nugraha and he is 24. Dewa is from Lombok, Indonesia "a beauty of the nature" as he says and now lives in Yogyakarta. Tell us about yourself. I come from Lombok which is a beauty of nature. Now i live in Yogyakarta and study journalism. I am a freelance photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started shooting film in 2009 when I was a freshman at university and wanted to learn the photography basics. For a while I switched to di