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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
Film for every occasion, by Michaela Ferguson
"Part of the love of film photography for me is capturing a moment the best I can, exactly how it is" Tell us about yourself. I'm 21 years old, and live in a small mountain town in Colorado. I'm a caregiver for elderly people in the community. When and how did the film journey begin for you? About 10 years ago my father dug out his old SLR from the closet and taught me the basic mechanics. I began with taking basic photos of things around the house, learned how to work in the darkroom
See Romania on film with Ionut Luca
"I like to watch the intensity of shades that color film has." Tell us about yourself. Hi, my name is Ionut, I'm 28, from Constanta, Romania. I`m working as a sales assistant in a building materials warehouse. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My journey on the film began in the summer of 2011 in one of the Romanian seaside resorts (Costinesti,Romania). It all started with a film camera (SMENA 8M) and a film received from a friend. I started to shoot and after I develop
Analog recordings from İstanbul with Sina Ademir
"Photography, I believe should be done with analog recordings because I believe there is spirit in analog recordings." Tell us about yourself. I was born in Ankara, I am from İstanbul, Turkey and I am 27 years old. When and how did the film journey begin for you? When I was in college in 2009, one of my best friends got me into film photography. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? I like to store many kinds of film and photography chemicals in my frid
A trip to Australia with disposablemelbourne (Katarnya Murdoch)
"It is trial and error with every shot and every roll but it’s the beauty of it" Tell us about yourself. I am 28, I live in Melbourne (of course!) and I work in marketing to pay the bills! When and how did you start using disposable cameras? Back in the 90’s, when film photography was all there was, disposable cameras were an easy and cheap option for kids and teens to capture their special moments and growing up. I remember always having one when on school camps, for special birthday
On film from France with Eric Frot.
"Leica M cameras which I think are the best suited to my way of shooting" Tell us about yourself. Hi! My name is Eric Frot. I’m 50 years old, I work as a graphic designer (mostly) and photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I started shooting around 1983, so it was film only. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? I shot a lot of different films during those more than 30 years. For black and white I mostly use Kodak films and 99% i
Italy, sea, and instant photography. Meet Francesco Sambati
"I think you lose the concept of "instant" if you change something after the development process." Tell us about yourself. I'm 34 years old, I live in Lecce (in the deep south Italy) and until recently I was a journalist. When and how did you discover instant film? I discovered the instant photography about 4 months ago: a photographer friend of mine told me that my photos (shot with an iPhone) were suitable Polaroid format. So I bought an Instant Lab to print my old photos. I later bou
Film magic with La fille renne (Cécile)!
"Canon AE-1 Program. With this camera, it was love at first sight" Tell us about yourself. Hi! I'm from France and in my day job, I do a lot of animal osteology. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I had my first film camera when I was ten, from my father (an Olympus Trip AF 21). During adolescence, it was the beginning of the digital photography and I switched to it, with different cameras. It allowed me to learn, to exercise myself and to define better what I like. Thre
Meet Ali from Turkey
"I am Ali Can and my nickname is Cantarikati." Tell us about yourself. I am 20 years old and I am from Cappodocia, Turkey. I am a student at Kocaeli University. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I don't like digital so i started to use films 3 months ago. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? I'm usually using Fuji c200 and sometimes using Ilford pan400 black and white film. I choose them because they're easy to find. What camera makes
Japanese doctor Hiroshi Shiomi joins onfilm.photo
"I am excited to know your project and wish to make some contribution if I can." Tell us about yourself. 57 years old male, working as a doctor of internal medicine in a hospital, Hokkaido, Japan. When and how did the film journey begin for you? 40 years ago using my father's camera. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? Various kinds of film. Many are expired. Some are experimental as described below. What camera makes you click? Simple, lightweigh
#StayBrokeShootFilm with Corey Deshon
"I own about sixteen film cameras now (Okay I'll admit, I have a problem)" Tell us about yourself. I currently live in Los Angeles, California where I work as a freelance writer in the film industry, and have recently begun directing as well. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I always loved taking pictures as a kid, and that grew to an interest in photography. So it started like everyone else really, just getting a cheap DSLR and playing around with no real goal in mind.
Instant Love with Nicolás Athens
27 years and in love with photography Tell us about yourself. I'm 27, I live in Santiago and I make my living as an advertising photographer and I also have an online store where I sell rolls of film, we reveal negative, we digitize films and other photographic accessories. When and how did you discover instant film? The truth is one thing led to another, when I started studying photography to manipulate movies in black and white and was working in the laboratory for two years with chem