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The tale of Gadimir and his film camera
"film camera she found at a thrift store and that's what started it all" Tell us about yourself. Yo first off good vibes and blessings to ya. My name is Gladimir a 20 year old from Dorchester Massachusetts and currently I'm a college student in Boston. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My interest in film photography started almost 4 years ago. I signed up for Flickr and Tumblr and at the time I didn't have a camera and the film work I saw on both websites blew me away,
Expired film story, by Joy Celine Asto
"I bought a Nikon FE2 and a Yashica Electro 35 GSN soon after and haven't stopped shooting since" Tell us about yourself. I'm a 29-year-old writer from Manila, Philippines. When and how did the film journey begin for you? Like many people from my generation, I began shooting film in my childhood using my parents' point and shoot cameras. Of course, my photos were mostly simple snapshots of my family and friends. My next encounter with it was during my college days for a photojournalis
Dreamy world on film, by Fabio Sabatini
"I love the surreal touch that brutally blurred background give to portraits and not only" Tell us about yourself. I'm 44, I live in Rome and I do scientific research for living. I am professor of Economics at Sapienza University of Rome and I collaborate with the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Here you can find my CV and other information on my activities: socialcapitalgateway I love my academic work and to date I am not interested in making photography a sour
Music and Film Photography with Bernd Frikke
Bernd Frikke chose film in a digital world! Tell us about yourself. I`m 33 years old and I live in Emden, Germany. Emden is located in the upper north west of the country near the dutch boarder and the coast of the North sea. I work as a social worker and mostly with autistic persons. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I`m old enough to know how the digital revolution in photography started, but never really cared a lot about it. I was more into making music and being in
Kuzey, a 6-year-old film photographer!
"I love it. I really get excited when my dad brings my photos home" In a previous post we've mentioned writing an article (For the love of film! with Kutay Kesim) about Kutay's son, so here it goes! Tell us about yourself. My name is Kuzey Aren Kesim. I am six years old. When did you shoot your first roll of film? When I was 5 years old. I shot my first film in the city (dad's comment: He refers to Sydney CBD) What film cameras do you use? I have an Olympus camera (dad's commen
Colors through the viewfinder, by Cristian Ogredof
"I started to take pictures (the results were a disaster, but since then I think I learned more)" Tell us about yourself. Hello, my name is Cristian, i 'm 29 years old living in Constanta(the city), Romania and i am a comercial worker in a bricolage store When and how did the film journey begin for you? In the beginnig of 2012 I saw some film photos done by a friend of a friend and i fell in love with the look and colors of analog pictures. Next day I went to the flea market and came
Meet Polina from Belarus!
"I just need to keep choosing and shooting" Tell us about yourself. My name is Polina, I'm 27, I was born in Belarus and lived there most of my life but now I'm located in St. Petersburg, Russia. I'm a facilities service coordinator. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I slowly started shooting film in 2010, really slow. I always knew we had a film camera in the house, my mum's Zenit E, but nobody really cared. One day, don't remember why, I decided to dust off the came
Faces on film, from Vietnam by Tùng Ps
"I'm in love with film so I would like to shoot all of them" Tell us about yourself. Hi everyone! I'm a freelance film photographer from Hanoi, Vietnam. I'm 25. Literally my main job is not correlative to art. I am an Occupational Health & Safety lecturer for companies, organizations. This job pays me well enough to let me follow my film passion without worrying about my life. When and how did the film journey begin for you? It started 20 years ago when I was 5. My father got a Prati
Disposables in a complicated world, by disposablelife
"With disposables there is a rawness because so much is out of your control" Tell us about yourself. My name is Wyatt and I'm 27 years old. I live in Los Angeles and I'm an actor. When and how did you start using disposable cameras? I started using disposables Summer of 2010. I planned a 10 day trip to Big Sur with several of my friends and was so excited to document our travels, but I quickly realized I forgot my camera. That was a horrible feeling, but at the grocery store I saw a 3
Analog skating with Wee
"The impatience you feel when you can't wait to develop them" Tell us about yourself. I'm Sharif but many call me Wee. I'm 24years old from Singapore and studying psychology and shift duties as firefighter. Skating and photography and art is my passion. Shooting film is an emotional thing to me. The satisfaction you get when you thought it wasn't a good picture, the impatience you feel when you can't wait to develop them and the disappointment that pushes you to persevere. When and how
Blurred lines by George Felea
"I see the film as a physical space that can take almost every idea coming out of the mind" Tell us about yourself. Hi! My name is Felea George, I'm an 28 years old back office support for an IT company, from Galati, Romania . When and how did the film journey begin for you? It all started in the early childhood , in the country side. I remember finding a Petri (or maybe a Zorki, i don't recall that well) in my uncles attic. I've wasted the loaded film taking pictures of moving trees
Engineer by day but always film photographer. Selin Yanikara
"My second camera was a Pentax K1000; the “student” camera. Since then I can’t stop!" Tell us about yourself. I’m 26 and live in United States for 3 years now, (I’m originally from Turkey). I’m an engineer by day, currently getting my PhD in Boston. When I have time outside work and my research (even when I have tons to do), I walk around the city for hours and shoot film. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I was always into photography, but I started shooting film in 201