editor's picks
Electric Castle Festival on film! by Cristina Cârâc
"I think I can say that Zenit E remains one of my favorites so far" Tell us about yourself. I am 29, from Braila, but living in Bucharest - Romania. I work for a multinational company dealing with customers queries from the DACH region, that are in need of the company’s voice systems for their businesses. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started shooting film in March 2009, after I found a Zenit E in my father’s photography drawer. I asked him if it still works, and h
City rush on film, by Oğuzhan Abdik
"In the beginning I was shooting for memories" Tell us about yourself. I am 27 and live in İstanbul. I am an architect. I own an office and my team consist of eight architects. My office is based in the very center of İstanbul. I spent most of my time in the office with designing spaces. I try to initiate a new start up on designing furniture and lighting. I usually don’t have time for photography because of the work. But I am trying to integrate photography with architecture and every othe
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
Emotions in front of the camera, by Remy Holwick
"I have bags of whatever people have given me with rolls of kodak gold expired, kenmare, lomo, fuji drugstore whatever, and I shoot it all." Tell us about yourself. I'm 24, I live between brooklyn NY and Los Angeles, and I'm a model and photographer on film professionally. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I don't think it ever "began"; it was more of a flirtation that got more and more serious. My family is made up of artists and my first memory is of my godfather pushi
Black and White without a doubt, by Avi Cohen
"It's a real love story!" Tell us about yourself. My name is Avi, I'm 24 YO from Haifa, Israel. Right now I'm an Architecture student trying to handle between photography and studies and in between working in photoshop, so photos are mainly part of my life. When and how did the film journey begin for you? Actually I was born into an age of film, as an 8 year old child I got a little Canon point and shoot camera that i shot with during travels and untill the age of 15 i used it to class
Film and music harmony, by Kristian Šimić
"Since the beginnig, I’ve been hit with infamous “gear acquisiton syndrome” pretty hard and over the years I crammed enough gear to last me two life times" Tell us about yourself. Hello, I'm Kristian, 38 years old. I'm from Zagreb, Croatia where I also work as tehnical support in logistics. Dirty Three, Zagreb 2012 When and how did the film journey begin for you? It all began in 2002. when my brother bought me Canon G3 digital camera, and not long after I noticed that almost all of t
Film comes out of the fridge, with Ben Vine
"I recently "sacrificed" the vegetable section at the bottom of the fridge to make room for film" Tell us about yourself. I'm 43, I was born in Britain, grew up in Italy, studied in London and ended up in Madrid where I live and work. I spent a long time working as film maker for advertising agencies but now I'm trying to edge my way towards working full time as a photographer and visual artist. It's a long, slow journey but I do have my fair share of little breakthroughs. When and how d
Analog emotions, by Raffael Stiborek
"The most important thing for me is to get some emotions out of my images" Tell us about yourself. My name is Raffael Stiborek, I´m 27 years old, from Vienna / Austria and I´m a professional portrait photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My film journey began about 4 years ago when i bought my Hasselblad 500CM. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? Most of the time i shoot portra and tri-x, because they are both really versati
This amazing world on film, by Andrea Lastri
"I realized that working with film was much more congenial with my personality." Tell us about yourself. I was born in 1965 in Italy and I work in an Internet Service Provider. Hence, I shoot in my free time and most of my pictures belong to the geographical area of Trentino, South Tyrol and the surrounding regions. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I began shooting by sheer serendipity when someone gave me a pocket digital camera before departing for a vacation trip. I
Retro 'selfies' with Crista Oiegas
Crista takes "selfies" to mark the camera used First of all: how did you get the idea of taking one selfie per film and why I don't usually take selfies with my phone or my digital camera, but I had this thing when i first saw my reflection in a mirror with my camera on my neck. So I took the first shot. Must say that i didn't do this with my first two films. I think it all started when I was on my 37th position of the roll and I took the first selfie with my Zenit 12 XP. People said afterw
Travel the world with Alexander Pollnow
"You´ll see me smiling like a kid on Christmas after every shot, simply by the sound of the shutter. " Tell us about yourself. Hey guys, my Name is Alex. I´m from Stuttgart, Germany and 28 years old. I work for an engineering company which manufactures process plants and my job is to install and commission those plants all over the world. So most of the pictures you can see were taken abroad. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started shooting film about one year ago. A
Chemicals smell and film photography, by Matteo Prezioso
"I love the intimacy of film, and its visual honesty." Tell us about yourself. I was born in 1968. I am a professional photographer. Italian by birth, I've left my country around 20 years ago. First in the US (Los Angeles) where I studied photography, and started working in portraiture/stills set photography. I then moved to London, where I lived for 11 years; here I began working in moda, fashion, editorial, and books for actors. Camera: Nikon F4s Lens: Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 AF-D Film: Mi