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Hans ter Horst
Looking at Hans ter Horst’s personal blog, where you will be greeted with the strap line of ‘film has the future,’ I am instantly drawn to the rather enviable photographic toy box that Hans’ has, detailing the many different lenses, cameras and films currently in his current collection. “I started taking pictures in my teens [...]
Yalcin Daskin
“Photography is a game we play in this beautiful world; I try to ‘prettify’ the world, to make it irresistible. Just try and show me a digital camera that can give us the same blues as Velvia 50!” Take a look at Yalcin Daskins’ album on his Choose Film profile, and you will be treated [...]
Mike McGarty
“My experience in photography is limited – I shoot just for fun. I have thought many times of taking photography and especially the use of film more seriously. Time is always at a minimum, but I know that I could make more.” Reading this statement from Mike McGarty was a surprise to me. As I’m [...]
Paul Isles
“Equipment-wise, I’ve used pretty much everything, from APS to 5×4, I collect cameras, but everything has to have film run through it; there’s no point having toys if you can’t play with them, eh?” Being the owner of a 126 Kodak Instamatic at the tender age of six, Paul Isles lives and breathes photography. Now [...]
James Wiley
“Someone wise once told me that for a person to look at a photograph in a magazine or newspaper for more than 5 seconds, it would have to be one Hell of a photograph.” James Wiley is both a photojournalist and a fine art photographer. It’s a double life that has allowed him to really [...]
Alec Stageman
Alec Stageman is a student of photography at Nottingham Trent University. His ChooseFilm album is a brooding collection of images that might well be the storyboard for a Tim Burton motion picture, albeit set in the heart of suburban England. Hoping to become a professional photographer in the future, Alec has developed a systematic approach [...]
Jonathan Keys
Jonathan Keys’ photo of a drunk sitting in the rain (Fujifilm Neopan 400, Rolleiflex) is part of an ongoing street style theme that the Newcastle-based photographer has been exploring in his hometown. On a day where drizzle had set in for the long haul, he took advantage of a break in the bustling crowd to [...]
Kasia Nowak
You know those days when you determinedly set out, camera in hand, plenty of rolls of film in the bag and that perfect scene you spotted yesterday at the forefront of your mind’s eye? And then you reach that very same spot, confidently set up – you’ve brought the right lens and even remembered the [...]
Mark Woods
Take a quick glance at Mark Woods’ ChooseFilm album and you’ll see straight away someone who finds beauty in the simplicity of the world around him. He uncovers charm in nature’s most minimal scenes and in landscapes that have been indelibly touched by man. A 2009 finalist in Target Media’s “Visions of Spring” competition, Mark [...]
Matt Langhorne
“The objective is not to document, but to go beyond what the eye can see.” – So says Florence-based photographer Matt Langhorne. Describing his style as “light fantasy environmental fashion and portrait” might sound like a bit of a mouthful but, when you see Matt’s creations, it’s difficult to imagine a more concise way of [...]
