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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
People caught on film by Malea Blackburn
"I ended up ditching my digital and going all film about two years and its been an incredible journey" Tell us about yourself. I am 27 years old, born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO and my day is insurance claims. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I have always been a film supporter. When I was in high i was notorious for having a 35mm point and shoot and it quickly adapted into something more serious. A good friend actually got me into shooting medium format and ev
Analogs from another world, by Sarah Elise Abramson
"Film. I could never leave it" Tell us about yourself. My name's Sarah Elise Abramson and I shoot with an all manual SRT 201 Minolta with a broken back door and a broken light meter. I have to tape the back shut every time I load a new roll of film; sometimes light leeks happen..and sometimes I'm okay with that. I also have to use my brain to figure out exposure. I feel like it keeps me in touch with my roots and keeps me grounded within this art form. I also sometimes shoot with my SX-7
Film escapes by Jaume Montané
"Photography gives me the opportunity to create and go by myself capturing the reality around me" Tell us about yourself. My name is Jaume, I’m 39 years old and I live in Barcelona. I work as a director and creative in Copilotos VideoAgency, a film production company that creates video contents for fashion and luxury brands: www.copilotos.com When and how did the film journey begin for you? My roots are cinema and I got into photography because it was one of the subjects I studied at f
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 people, by Abhi D
"I shot a roll without knowing anything about metering but after developing the roll, I got hooked" Tell us about yourself. I am 34. I was born in India but have been living in United States for last 14 years. I work in a management consulting firm. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My father was a film photography enthusiast and I have always liked photography. My father shot hundreds of photos as I was growing up. I started dabbling with small cameras when I was 21 and
Stories written on film, by Alina Noir
"Nature, people and urban landscapes were so beautiful, and different than everything I had seen before, that I wanted to capture these glimpses of passing splendour" Tell us about yourself. My name is Alina Noir, I was born and raised in Romania and right now I am living and working in Lyon, France, where I have a very nice little studio. I am a visual artist and author. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I have always been interested in film photography. All my family’
Analog beauty from Cristobal Rey
"Photography moves my soul to bring mysticism, content and beauty" Tell us about yourself. I am 36yo , i am a professional music composer and singer song writer, i do concerts all the times, sharing a little bit of my work, kind of jazz folk with south-american flavor. I have been also in many moments of my life working as a raw food chef. I am a healthy and spiritual person, I like yoga and I believe in love and I find pleasure sharing and bringing beauty to this present. When and how
Meet Darren Greaves from FilmDev.org
"Before I knew it I had bought a small collection of old 35mm cameras and I was totally hooked" Tell us about yourself. Hello. My name is Darren Greaves, I'm 46 years old and I live in London. For my day job I'm a Computer Programmer. Some info on FilmDev FilmDev is a website that I created for sharing and comparing film developing “recipes” (combinations of film and developer). I created FilmDev in 2008 when I was looking to get into developing my own film. It occurred to me that
Thoughts and feelings by Bogusz Szulc
"Photography can be something more than simply "catching reality", that it can be conceptual and (like poems or songs) carry some thoughts and feelings" Tell us about yourself. My name is Bogusz Szulc, I'm 22 years old, I live in Poznań (Poland) where I'm studying photography at University Of Fine Arts. When and how did the film journey begin for you? It was 3 years ago. I met a girl, who was film photographer, I felt in love, and found my father's Minolta SR-1 with 35mm 2.8 lens - jus
Electric Colours, by Andrej Russkovskij
This photos look like Alice in Wonderland! Tell us about yourself. Andrej Russkovskij. 28 years old vet from the North of Italy, currently settled in London. When and how did the film journey begin for you? New York, December 2010 with a Diana Mini F+ What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? Many different slide films developed in C-41, depending on the weather, the light, my mood and the results that I want to achieve. What camera makes you click?
Do you want to go to the seaside? with funshootr (Temily Leith)
"receiving back the freshly developed prints is next to picking up online orders from the postman or carving that 5 hour roast" Tell us about yourself. I'm 23 years old, from Perth and am in the life limbo state between uni life and adult life. When and how did you start using disposable cameras? My grandfather is a photographer and nearly every second birthday or Christmas my sisters and I would get a new film camera. So summer holidays growing up were nearly always spent taking happy