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Ondra Zeman. Understand the world we live in.
"I enjoy pressing the shutter and that's all. " Tell us about yourself. My name is Ondra Zeman, I live in a small town Slavkov u Brna in Czech Republic, I'm a 34 years old kid and work as a freelance graphic designer. Film photography has become my passion since 2007, completely self-taught. I can't exactly talk about my work, because there is such a wide range between everything. But I will try hard to introduce. I don't really care about the format, but my favorite seems 6x7 with Pen
Norbert Eleryk: A medium format love story
"Film never dies !!!" Tell us about yourself. Hey. I'm originally from Poland but I live in London for the last 11 years. I'm 34 years old and I work in the casino as a croupier and I'm in the process of starting to organise photographic workshops. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My first memory is when my dad gave me my first camera (age 10) it was simple Kodak film camera which I took with me for a school trip. When I came back he developed my pictures and he was no
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
Chris Henderson: Portraits on film
"Film forced me to slow down, think before pressing the shutter, really look at the light and the model with my own eyes." Tell us about yourself. I'm 31 years old. I'm from Aberdeen, a small city in Scotland of mainly gray granite buildings. I work as a photographer in the oil & gas sector creating detailed virtual tours of offshore North Sea platforms, and I also shoot weddings and model portfolios. When and how did the film journey begin for you? When I was at art school in 2002-20
Andrej Russkovskij: Kitsune
"The fox's journey symbolizes the trip people go through to find the place they belong to." Remember Andrej Russkovskij? A while ago we posted and article about him, called "Electric Colours by Andrek Russkovskij" which can be found here. This time, he's talkinkg about one of his projects, called "KITSUNE". Tell us the story behind these amazing photos! The fox mask was a Xmas gift for Isabel, my girlfriend. We immediately thought it would prove perfect for a photoshoot. Few months
Gibson Kim - Mass Society Project
"With film everything is uncertain, just like the world we live in." Gibson about this project: "I took those photos when I was an undergraduate. With a heart full of passion but also with fear and hesitation (a photographer doesn't makes enough money here, in South Korea)" Tell us about yourself. Hi, I am Gibson, a photographer and Art Director based in South Korea. I am 22. I am studying Visual Culture Studies at Korea University. I am also working there as a research assistant. In ad
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
Maxime Garnier: Models
"The Rolleiflex! I could shoot film with it all day long, no doubts about it!" Tell us about yourself. Hey, I'm Maxime Garnier and I'm 28 years old. I work as a Human Resources officer and of course, in my free time I shoot film. Canon AE1P / Ilford HP5+ 400 / E. Soto Workshop 2015 / Model : Jessica / MUA : Caroline Madison / Stylist : Yanina Nikitina When and how did the film journey begin for you? My film journey began near march 2015. My father used to tell me that he was storing
Dhaiba Atika - Lights, waves and people
"Film - it is an adventure and i want to think twice before I jump." Tell us about yourself. I am 30 years old, from Agadir Morocco . I actually design jewelry and plan on opening my own jewelry shop, meanwhile I sell them at friend's shop . When and how did the film journey begin for you? I grew up in film camera generation. When I was a kid, we had a Polaroid camera at home. That was the moment when cameras began to fascinate me. I started to collect all sort of cameras I could lay
Riccardo Sirica: Feminine Beauty
"Put your heart in what you do, it will change everything!" Tell us about yourself. I'm a 48 y.o. italian guy and I live in Rome where I work as engineer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My father was into this. When I was 13 y.o. he gave me a Canonet 28 (still in use!) with a roll of bw film and he told not to waste it.. I just did my shots about the killing of a pig in a village festival. But I suddenly realized that reportage was not my focus. I was so interested i
FE. By Iulian Ignat
"Could places be conquered by femininity?" Here's another article from Iulian Ignat! You can see the other one we wrote about him and his project here. Tell us about the project, FE. Around the end of 2011 I felt the need to make a change. Til then, I always tried to catch things that were already happening, to go as unnoticed as I could, make my camera invisible and not take part in what was happening, either if it was daily street photography, a show, the carnival of Venice or the l
Toby Harvard: Timeless strangers
"Always on the lookout for strangers with a certain spooky/haunted/timeless quality." Tell us about yourself. 35, from London, and I've been writing lately (my movie The Greasy Strangler, which premiered at Sundance and SXSW, is released in October). When and how did the film journey begin for you? As a child, messing around with my parents' film cameras. What Could we always find in your gear bag? Kodak Ektar 100 film, pentax k1000 and canon ae1 cameras. And sometimes an olympu