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Oh, crap! What have I done? Let’s see.  I committed to do a solo photography show, with twenty-seven images.  All twenty-seven are 4x5 black and white negatives, so they need to be darkroom printed.  And those will be 20x24 prints.  Yeah, and I need to have them matted and framed.  The icing on the cake?  I have just under three months to do this. Yep, this is going to be an interesting project.  But let’s back up to the beginning. The Event It was April 2023, three years after the pand...

2024 ULTRA LARGE FORMAT (ULF) AND CUSTOM FILM CAMPAIGN IS NOW OPEN It's that time of year where we once again give any photographers with the many vintage, collectible, and home-made cameras out there the opportunity to order selected custom sizes of ILFORD ultra large format sheet film and other specialist products without the constraints of the usual minimum order quantities. You have until Saturday 1st June 2024 to place orders with participating resellers. WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY ORDER? We ...

My K1000 I began taking photographs in the late 1980s as a teenager when my dad bought me a Pentax K1000. Both my dad and grandpa enjoyed photography, were big influences on me, and my dad wanted to share the excitement of photography. We enjoyed taking photographs, mainly of landscapes and of places that we visited, me with my K1000 and my dad with his Canon AE-1. When digital cameras became the standard in the early 2000s, we drifted away from film and instead became enamored with this quick and comparat...

Originally from the south of France, nostalgic documentarian Larry Niehues joins us as our 81st In Focus interviewee. SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU? Shot on HP5+ in Bentonia, MS 2022. I love the composition, subjects and the fact that it is located at one of the last juke joint still operating in America, Blue Front Cafe. JUST IN CASE ANYONE DOESN’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU DO, CAN YOU GIVE US THE ...

We're thrilled to announce our ILFORD Photo USA Student film photography contest. With both darkroom printing and scanned film categories (along with a fantastic teacher prize), and some amazing prizes to be won from both us, ILFORD Photo, and  our amazing sponsors, Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation, UsedPhotoPro, Peak Design, Negative Supply LLC, The Darkroom, Photogenic Supply Co and SISSILU, there are plenty of reasons to get involved and start shooting! Contest Dates: The contest is now open for...

A Revelation Just south of Sydney sitting on one of Australia’s most pristine coastlines you’ll find the regional city of Wollongong. Nestled within this city of surfers, coal miners and steelworkers you’ll find a group of students creating big things in a small darkroom. ‘Mez, I’ve been thinking a lot… I want to be a fine art black and white film photographer.’ These words from one of my TAFE NSW students, Sara, were delivered with a shakiness in her voice, utter passion in her heart, ...

We're thrilled to launch our brand new 'Community Focus' series! In this series, we shine a spotlight on community darkrooms around the world, celebrating their contributions and exploring the stories behind these spaces. Our first interview in the series features Newport Film Lab from South Wales, a darkroom that began as a passion project and has since grown into something truly special. Section 1 - Background Let’s start easy. Tell us A little about the darkroom, what it’s called and how it started...

Film Photographers survey 2024 At the end of 2024 we asked you to complete and share our film photographers survey. We wanted to understand what's important to you, the film community, irrespective of which film brands you shoot. We hoped that the results would provide us with an invaluable insight into the behaviours, expectations, and preferences of film photographers around the world. The results Over 14000 of you from more than 110 different countries completed the survey. We saw film shooters of ...

Our latest ‘How I Got This Picture’ interview features Anders Elmshøj. When we shared his contact sheet on Instagram, it racked up over 9,000 likes! Curious how he created it? Find out more in the full interview. IMAGE TITLE Louise “Contact Sheet" TECHNICAL INFO FILM USED ILFORD DELTA 3200 PROFESSIONAL FORMAT 35mm CAMERA Leica M7 LENS Voigtlander 35mm Ultron II F2 EXPOSURE TIME F4.5 1/250 LOCATION Copenhagen FIRSTLY, TELL US THE STORY BEHIND THIS IMAGE. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO SHOOT ...

2025 ULTRA LARGE FORMAT (ULF) AND CUSTOM FILM CAMPAIGN IS NOW OPEN It's that time of year where we once again give photographers with the many vintage, collectible, and home-made cameras out there the opportunity to order selected custom sizes of ILFORD ultra large format sheet film and other specialist products without the constraints of the usual minimum order quantities. You have until Monday 30th June 2025 to place orders with participating resellers. WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY ORDER? We will ...