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Bad news for Kodachrome lovers: Kodak may not be re-launching the iconic film after all

January 27, 2017Dunja Djudjic

Film photographers all over the world had high hopes for the comeback of Kodachrome. However, it appears we’ll have to wait for it. Probably for a long, long time. The problems with film processing haven’t been resolved, so it may be unlikely for this iconic film to reach the users again. After announcing the return […]

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This may be the last Cibachrome image ever taken, and it’s a hand built camera

December 21, 2016Dunja Djudjic

Have you ever tried Cibachrome (Ilfochrome) processing? The materials for it are not produced any longer, and I suppose most of us will never get to see or make such photos. But artist and engineer Tim Hunkin was lucky enough to have some of the papers left in stock. He chose quite a strange DIY […]

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How to travel with sensitive film and developing paper

December 7, 2016Dunja Djudjic

X-ray has certainly brought a revolution and it’s a very useful invention. However, the X-ray and photographic film aren’t exactly best friends. If you travel by plane, you know that your luggage needs to go through an X-ray scanner. Unfortunately, the X-rays can do damage to every unprocessed film, including the one already in your […]

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Why this photojournalist still shoots film

November 14, 2016Gary Nylander

I use film for my fine art work because it inspires my imagination in ways that I don’t get from shooting digital. I have been shooting film since I was 15 years of age, after more 40 years of film usage I still feel that film has value in today’s digital world. Some back ground: […]

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Why I think film photography is horrible

September 6, 2016Benjamin Kanarek

I remember the first time I picked up a digital camera. It was 2003 and I got this little Canon G5, a good point-and-shoot, and it was 5MP. Before that, I used film. It had to be scanned into a computer, then manipulated digitally. That was alright—but when I picked up this Canon, I thought it was […]

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Film photography makes a stunning comeback

August 19, 2016Temoor Iqbal

Sales of photographic film have been steadily rising over the last few years, with professionals and amateurs alike rediscovering the artistic control offered by manual processes and the creative satisfaction of a physical end product In the early 2000…

Why I shoot on film

July 9, 2016Michael Turek

After eight years of shooting exclusively [on] digital [cameras], working with film was a revelation. It made me fall in love with the process of making photos. Shooting film heightened the sensation of being focused in the moment, which is at the hear…

How I shot portraits of syrian refugee children on The Impossible Project film

March 14, 2016Cengiz Yar

In the spring of 2014, I started a long-term photography project focused on Syrian refugee children. I traveled through Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon and photographed children who fled Syria since the war started. I interviewed them in the presence…