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Welcome Home, 3.5F
Hi everyone, I would like to share with you a happy story of medium format perseverance, analog faith, unconditional film love, and some kick-assing top of the notch camera. Namely, a Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar. But let's make it short. (I will break the narrative by putting photos taken at different times with the camera in question.) I am Italian, and came to Bogotá, Colombia without speaking a word of Spanish. That was never a problem though, as being Italian my hand gesturing was always, we
Peter Bartausky: People. They are the reason
"I have learned more from messing something up, than I have from actually succeeding with something." Tell us about yourself. I am 20 years old, I work half-time as a janitor and as a student at my community college. I scratched the negative on this one, and I decided to scratch up the entire print! When and how did the film journey begin for you? Photography has always been a special thing to me. Growing up I had a point and shoot camera with me, and I just enjoyed going to stores a
Wirawan Sanjaya: Shooting film is a journey
"Photography is for everybody but film photography is not for everybody, but if you are crazy enough it might be for you." Tell us about yourself. You can call me Wi2, I'm 32 and Damn I love Indonesia, that's my country :). I'm a professional photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started to shoot film again about 4-5 years ago. As an artist I got to a dead end, numb, lifeless moment to make art / craft. I tried to go back to the roots and I do believe that t
Arnel Dela Gente: Losing my DSLR was a blessing in disguise.
"I put at least 5 rolls in each of my bags." Tell us about yourself. I'm 38 years old. I came from Manila Philippines and I'm working as a fashion, runway, portrait and events photographer in Paris, France. *An auto-portrait with my old Practica MTL 5* When and how did the film journey begin for you? Long story if i start from the beginning. I'll just tell you when I started film seriously. I have several 35mms and mediu
Film until the end of time, by Małgorzata Bardoń
"I feel attracted by pinhole photography so sooner or later I will make a camera from a shoe box." Tell us about yourself. I live In Poland, In Gdynia, a beautiful modern town located in the Bay of Gdańsk. I'm 37 and work in the Tricity School of Photography in Gdynia, where I coordinate the school's administration. Marta, 18x24cm X-ray film, copied as an albumen print When and how did the film journey begin for you? It was years ago, in the 1980s. My Dad used to take pictures on fil
Shoot film and never go back, by Martin Kuntke
" When i picked up the scans and saw the results, i fell in love again with film and since then i never shot digital." Tell us about yourself. I am 27 years old and I am living in Berlin (Germany). I have got a totally boring but also extremely stressful office job as a callcenter agent. I really hate it but I need to do something for a living. No money no honey haha! But I also have some photography jobs sometimes. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I have been intereste
Analog heart beat, by Daniel Schöps
"My heart beats for black and white!" Tell us about yourself. I was born in the summer of ´84 and live in Siegburg, a cozy little town near Cologne, Germany. For paying my bills, I work half the time as a photographer. The other half, I do a lot of different jobs. For not beeing bored ;) When and how did the film journey begin for you? My first camera was a heritage from my grandfather. A Praktica SuperTL1000. This was 15 years ago. The first time, it was only trial and error. But I
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
Take your time, by Jarmal Martis
"I promised myself that I’d stop buying and selling cameras, but you know how those things go…" Tell us about yourself. I’m a 24 year old student living in The Hague, Netherlands. I was born in Tilburg (also in the Netherlands) but was raised in Curaçao. When I was 18 I moved back to the Netherlands to study. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My film journey started about a year ago (in 2014). Rachid de Wind, a photographer friend of mine, was constantly bugging me abou
Nevada and film panoramas, by Sean Megna
"I feel like I function much better if I get a few hours in the darkroom every week" Tell us about yourself. I'm turning 30 this month. I grew up right outside of Boston in Marlborough MA. I also lived in Boston for six years before moving to Brooklyn were I met my Fiancée, Dawn. Dawn is from Las Vegas and as we were both rapidly running out of money living in Brooklyn we moved out to Las Vegas. Since we moved to Las Vegas I've become a butcher. At the butcher shop I make a lot of Charcuter
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
Ghosts and peel-aparts, by Brian Henry
"I shoot and experiment with anything I can get my hands on" Tell us about yourself. I am 26 years old and co-owner of a curiosity shop here in Baltimore, MD called Bazaar. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I became a serious film addict when I was in high school. My school was fortunate enough to still have their traditional black and white darkroom running and I spent countless hours in there, in complete fascination with processing and experimenting with my photograph