Hasselblad 500C
Analog portraits by Marco Mancini
"Film is like poetry." Tell us about yourself. I'm 39 years old, from Rome, Italy and I work as a freelance photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? It started from inside, I was already working with digital cameras but I started to need something deeper than a file...and on january 16th I was walking in the center of Rome and I saw one of the coolest camera shops in Rome, where I found my first love...my Hasselblad 500cm. What drives you to keep shooting f
A walk in the park with Anca - by Marian Chinciusan
"I was trying to connect with my Hasselblad" The story behind the shots. Well the story behind these shots is a simple one. I was trying to connect with my Hasselblad 500c/m and Anca is always a good subject for photos. She's not camera shy, can look straight into the camera and leave the impression that there's nobody taking pictures. She's natural. So after I got my Hasselblad and shot a couple of rolls with it, I didn't get the look I wanted. I wanted something that I've seen on photog
Ilinka D'Intino: Illuminating the human body
"The light which illuminates gently the dark, the inner world, showing the human body." Tell us about yourself. I'm old enough for a mother of an 18-year-old daughter. Born and grew up in Serbia, I am now living in the southwestern part of Germany. For my life I need my money hard, in a profession, like many other people also. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My journey into the film photograph started many years ago, born from the desire to express myself. What
Teo and Anca: Long time no see - by Marian Chinciusan
"Hasselblad and Olympus, my two favourite cameras for two great friends" About the shoot: Teo and Anca are bffs. But they live in different parts of the world. One in London, UK and the other in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. So after a long period being apart, they met in Cluj and wanted to keep this memory. So they were pretty excited when I told them to go out and shoot some film in a really light mood. So one of them had the idea to go out for a quick picnik just above the city. They packed
Floris de Rijke and his project amsterdamstreetportraits
"As soon as I used the film forward lever for the first time I was hooked." Tell us about yourself. I’m 33 years old, from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. At the moment I’m working part-time as a chef in a restaurant and try to freelance as a photographer next to my personal projects. In the past I’ve also worked as a cameraman, editor, producer and director as well as a few years of being a professional poker player. When and how did the film journey begin for you? In retrospect it prob
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
Lee Whitehead: Film Noir
"I went and bought my first film camera that day and never looked back." Tell us about yourself. I’m 28 years old Photographer from Manchester UK When and how did the film journey begin for you? About 3 years ago I was doing some Street Photography in Manchester and met a Photographer called Mark Manzi, showing me his work he explained how using film had made him take his time when setting shots up and how having only 36 possible shots on a roll makes you consider what is worth shooti
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
Monochromes on medium format, by Vitalis Gerin
"Medium format is what makes me click!" Tell us about yourself. Howdy fellow film lovers, my name is Vitalis Gerin and I am an amateur photographer from Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania which is a small country in Central Europe. All my (yet short) life (I was born in 1984) I have been studying and working in a technical field but I always felt that Art is my true passion. When I was younger I liked to draw and to play music (played a trumpet in school's orchestra) but I abandoned i
Film is timeless, by Tom Sebastiano
"Digital is great, but film is beautiful" Tell us about yourself. Hi, my name is Tom and I’m a 48 year old salesman living in London. When and how did the film journey begin for you? In 1982, I bought my first camera a Fujica STX1. As a kid I loved to draw and paint, but as I got older I gradually realised that to be any good required a lot of time and practice neither of which I had the patience for. So I thought maybe I could experiment with photography as a creative outlet, I guess
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
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