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"Nature, grain and simplicity" by Luca Ellena

"He uses film because this medium enables him to master composition better and slows down the process of creating an image." Luca Ellena is a young photographer from Fribourg, Switzerland who visits cities and places around the globe to witness and document life but also shoots around his hometown. To create his photographs he uses digital and film cameras, depending on which project he is working on. He uses film because this medium enables him to master composition better and slows down

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Girls on film, by David Davis Schelhorn

"I was looking for a new challenge." Tell us about yourself. I'm from Saalfeld, Germany. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I was looking for a new challenge and started in 2014. What cameras and leses do you use? I take pictures with the Canon A Series AE-1, A-1, AE-1 Program and I use only FD lenses. You can find David Davis Schelhorn here: www.art-lounge-photography.net Facebook Instagram

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Shots from "Life", a book by Charlie Foster

"I wish to tell nothing, just show the life." Tell us about yourself. I am 27 years old, I live in France and I am an art director. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I began to shoot film since the death of my grandfather who was himself a photographer who took thousands of photos of life in general. His death was an electric shock for me. When I inherited his camera, I wanted to feel what got him into this and support what he so much liked and used all his life. Thus I

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Images of shapes and light by Andy David Wright

"The way film records light and the colours it produces cannot be matched by digital." Tell us about yourself. So I am 31 years old, I am from Dorking, Surrey, UK. I have just setup self employed working as a food photographer in the Cambridgeshire area, I do commercial work for restaurants, cafes, and bakeries in the local area. Prior to that I had worked as a photographer in the Royal Air Force since 2009, winning RAF Photographer of the Year in 2014. All of this work has been done throug

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Spur-of-the-moment shots by Madhu Narayan

"I tried different types of digital cameras for a few years, but found the pictures to be too “clean,” without any character." Tell us about yourself. I am 32 years old. I live in the United States and I work at a small college. What interested you in film photography? I have always been interested in photography and I started out in college with film. I tried different types of digital cameras for a few years, but found the pictures to be too “clean,” without any character. This past

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Lieven Symaeys: Analog diptych

"People who model in front of this camera are always pretty relaxed because it doesn’t feel like a real serious camera." A while back we published an article about Lieven Symaeys and his project called "The tiger project". If you want to see his previous work, you can find it here. This time, we're sharing shots that he took using an Olympus-Pen EES-2, a half-frame rangefinder. He created a series of "double exposures" not one over the other, but one next to the other. Actually we wante

Mookie Brooks, about styles money can't buy.

"I really don't enjoy digital photography, it's too real, too precise" Tell us about yourself. I'm Dominique « Mookie » Brooks, I'm 21 and study engineering in France. I grew up in NYC, moved to Paris with my mom when I was 12. I got both passports, I can watch both football. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My grandpa was always using film, I always preferred it to digital stuff. He had a Minolta SRT 101, now it's mine. I really don't enjoy digital photography, it's t

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Girls on film by Andrei Certan

"Never used a DSLR in my life!" Remember Andrei Certan? A while ago we published an article about his work filled with double exposures called "Andrei Certan - A new reality". If you are interested, you can find it here. The moment to show you another side of his work came. This time it is all about girls on film! You can find Andrei Certan here: Instagram Flickr

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Obsession for disposables by Rita Wang

"I love the idea of being able to capture 27 different moments in time without feeling the urge to edit them immediately" Tell us about yourself. 19, residing in sunny Los Angeles, California, but I spend most of my year in Boston as a student at Tufts University. When and how did you start using disposable cameras? My first exposure to film cameras was in elementary and middle school, when it was the trend to send your kid on school field trips with a disposable camera for picture-tak

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[NSFW] Marta Sanchez and Camille

"I just take photos on film." Tell us about yourself. I'm 28 years old, I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina and I work in a women's clothes shop. When and how did the film journey begin for you? Just get away from a few demons in my life. When did you receive the first roll of film? September the 10th, 2014. What camera makes you click? Kmil (pronounced "Camille" (actually a Pentax k1000)). What inspires you most? Music, Cinema , a couple of Books, people and my own not

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[NSFW] Gokhan Ipekkan. An adventurer

"Just go out on the streets no matter what gear you have, it's not that important." Tell us about yourself I'm 25 years old, a Turkish adventurer guy. Currently I study in Poland as a 5 year full-time Master of Arts student in Cinematography in Lodz Film School. I've been earning from photography as a freelancer for more than 2 years now. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I jumped through photography and digital cameras considering having very sharp images and making

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Femininity on film, by Ana Martínez Requena

"I was curious about it, so i began shooting film." Tell us about yourself. I am 25 years old, from Madrid (Spain) and I work as a journalist. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I began shooting film like two years ago. I love analog techniques and I have an enlarger that "I put and remove" from my bathroom. But I also like digital, I think it is very useful sometimes. I think I was curious about it, so i began shooting film. Do you develop the film rolls yourself?