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Fabrizio Milazzo: Fight the digital desert
"Don't be afraid to experiment." Tell us about yourself. I'm 18 years old and live in Sicily, a beautiful and forgotten island in the Mediterranean. I'm attending the last year of high school. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My first approach to photography was precisely with film. My mom gave me her camera when I was 12 and since then I have not stopped. Now I have my own camera, I improved my technique and the choice of films is more sophisticated, but the desire to
Richard PJ Lambert: Double exposed life
"Don’t let other people’s expectations limit your creativity." Tell us about yourself. I’m 32 from Birmingham, England and I fix computers for my day job. (Have you tried turning it off and on again?) When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started taking pictures with a DSLR in my twenties but got bored with how flat the images looked and the ‘noise’ was horrible. My wife bought me an analogue camera and I loved it – the manual focus, grain and nature of the process wer
Pilar Diamante: Dare. It’s not an easy road, but nothing in life is.
"Nothing is impossible, it will just take longer." Tell us about yourself. I am 29 years old, from Cordoba, Argentina. I am a visual artist specialized in photography and collage. Canon AE1 50mm Fuji Velvia 200 When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started photographing several years ago with my digital camera. I have always been very curious of analogue cameras but it’s been no more than two years, though, since I fell in love with them. A friend gave me my first anal
Frederic Navarro Cifani: Street photography in Barcelona and kids
"I am one of those photographers who like shooting in the distance and capturing the moment in which things happen without preparing them." Tell us about yourself. I'm 40 years old, live in Barcelona and I am a graphic designer and photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My father taught me using his camera, when I was about 10 years old, with a fantastic Miranda Sensorex, a camera he bought the day I was born and which I still use today. Miranda Sensorex +
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
The Darkroom
It could very well be that the most iconic part of analog photography is the darkroom. The darkroom is the direct consequence of early photography; this is to say that large parts of the technology of darkrooms can be traced to the 1830s. Nonetheless, we have of course come a long way. The discovery of the photochemical effect started the love story of photography. The thought of capturing light and time, and transferring it to paper, is one that has fascinated us ever since we found out it w
István Pintér: Film never lies!
"Sometimes I just need to walk into the woods with my dog and inspiration finds me." Tell us about yourself. I’m 32 years old I was born in Hungary and lived there till last year, when I moved to Regensburg, Germany. I am a photographer, shooting mostly portraits, weddings and events. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I always wanted to be a painter. I started with painting very early. I had a lot of ideas but not enough time, because of my studies. I sold some painting
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
Sebastian Hilgetag: Moods and emotions
"Zenza Bronica ETRSI. I just love that enormous sound of the shutter. " Tell us about yourself. I’m from Berlin, Germany. I studied Communications Design at FH Potsdam and I’m currently working as both: photographer and strategic graphic designer. Bronica ETRSI on Ilford Delta 3200 pro 02 When and how did the film journey begin for you? When I was 6 my parents gave me a blue plastic film camera. I’m not even sure if it was any kind of brand. I snapped everything with it but now I don
Francisco Soberanis: Use your imagination on film
"Use your imagination and the most important thing, CREATE." Tell us about yourself. I'm from Mexico and I live as a photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I remember... when my father gave me his Canon AE1 and my first shooting with Film was in March 08 2014. What Could we always find in your gear bag? You'll find my Sekonic L-308B and of course my favorite Color Film Kodak Gold 200 and BnW Film Kodak 400Tmax and Kodak 400 Tri-x or Acros 100. What ca
Michael Schmidt: Get to know the people you work with
"The most important part of the photographic journey: getting to “know” interesting people." Tell us about yourself. I’m 34, I’m from Germany and my day job is Videoshooting/Production but also Photowork. Most of the Time it’s about Stretart and Graffiti but also quite a lot of other stuff, some corporate Work as well. When and how did the film journey begin for you? It all started in February 2015 with purchasing a Zenit 12XP. I actually only wanted the Helios 58mm f2.0 Lens for my S
Lucas Tarrant: Discover how others live their lives
"I really dig the OM system" Tell us about yourself. I am 25 years old, I am from Adelaide, Australia, but I currently live in Melbourne, Australia. I study my masters fulltime and work a soul-crushing admin job in the HQ of a department store. When and how did the film journey begin for you? About a year ago when I was living in Seoul, South Korea I was introduced to a small community of people shooting with the format and through exploring local areas that specialized in selling and