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For the love of it all
I’ve always had a love affair with black and white photography. I don’t know if it stems from the excitement of watching my first print emerge under the glow of a safelight, or that using texture and shape can make a barren scene look beautiful. Maybe it’s both.
They say love makes you a better person. I think the same goes for the relationship between film and photographers.
Trust & Understanding
There’s a certain level of trust and understanding that goes on betwee...
This competition is now closed - You can view all winning entries on our online Gallery
We will add additional countries ad their winners are announced.
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We're really excited to launch our 2018/19 ILFORD Photo black and white film student photography competition 'Reading between the lines'.
Please click on the relevant country link below to download the entry pack for your country. This includes posters, the ...
The sun is shining and they days are getting longer which means better light and more time to shoot film. What better reason could we have for feeling #happy
These are our favourites from the shots that you shared with us this week.
@AlfathMSanjani Seeing the results of this shot make me #happy Nikon F3 - Ilford Delta 400 rated 1600 - Developed by myself #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites
@adiw1202 This seemingly innocent goat makes me #happy. Ilford Delta 400. #ilfordphoto #fridayfavour...
We knew there'd be some great shots with this week's #fridayfavourites #summer on black & white film.
It was really interesting seeing what #summer means to you and how this varied in different locations. These are our #fridayfavourites from this week.
adibmufty Campfire.. ?: Leica M6 ?: Ilford FP4
@scottsphoto1218 #fridayfavourites #summer Snow has finally started to melt off the high country which means more hiking trails are available, the rivers are great for rafting a...
Heading West
Last September my family and I headed west. It had been a few years since we’d visited the West Country, we had come to love it when our family was young, and now that they were grown we decided to return to see if it still has a special place in our hearts.
While my teenagers packed their essentials - clothes and iPhones, and my other half packed enough books to keep a large reading group going, I set about doing the important task of packing my camera equipment.
My focus was on which...
HUNTING ISLAND XVI, 2018
Technical info
Film Used Ilford Delta 100
Format 4x5
Camera Chamonix 045N-2
Lens Fujinon SW-90
Exposure time Approx.2 minutes
Other equipment Sand & shells, to taste.
Location: Hunting Island, South Carolina, US.
Tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
This March, I was in Charleston, South Carolina, and had a day to burn. I started looking around for somewhere cool to check o...
Beginnings
I came to analog photography late. I enjoy being able to feel the film and create with my hands, and the suspense of not knowing how the final shots look until you develop the film. Shooting film changes the style of how I work. I take less pictures and think more. It is more immersive, I have more time to feel their characters, their experiences.
I shoot all my projects in medium format film. I do use digital, but only for commercial photography or for working on reports.
Materials ag...
An honest representation
Two souls one vessel is a documentary project focusing on capturing the lives of drag queens, trying to tell their stories and create an honest representation of who they are in and out of drag, this series includes male, female and transgender drag queens.
Attracted to the surface glamour of the world of drag queens, I’ve explored the performance and behind the scenes to show the emotion and reality.
Alfie-Ordinary
Altering perspectives
Thinking about the project and th...
Of course, we see in color - but vision is just one part of how we sense the environment and moments. In the mountains I see tremendous peaks, I feel and hear the storms, freeze, and feel emotions from success, failure and intense personal experiences. All that black + white can convey more intensively - for me this is not a reduction over colour photography, but an amplification of impressions.
This is the translation of a short text I wrote a few years back for the German Schwarzweiss Magazine.
Si...
Thank you
In 2018, we invited the global analogue film photography community to take part in our latest film users survey. The survey, which attracted 2100 participants when it was last conducted in 2014, grew to over 6,800 participants from 100 countries this time around. This was largely due to the help received from the fantastic film community in sharing it far and wide on social media, blogs and forums, so thank you.
While many of the results are in line with the growth seen since the re-emergenc...