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Our 63rd In Focus interview is with our ILFORD Master printer, Andrew Sanderson. Andrew has been a professional photographer for over 35 years, and has established an international reputation as both practitioner and teacher of the photographic medium.
SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND
SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?
Walk,walk,walk. HP5, Nikon F3.
My favourite picture changes quite often. Usually it is the last print I made where everything came together ...
Whether intentional using filters, (or a smear of vaseline), or by accident, soft focus images all have a certain 'feel' to them. It was this that we asked you to share for this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #softfocus theme.
It was a popular theme with a lot of entries which we've enjoyed looking through this morning. A huge thank you to everyone who shared their images. Our favourites are below.
@LaurensWillis Perhaps a pinhole image for #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #softfocus ? Zero 45 w...
Look back on all the fantastic photography created in January for this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites, with the theme being #madeinjanuary.
@helloimedden @ILFORDPhoto In January I shot a lot of #HP5 #fridayfavorites #madeinjanuary #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites
@tedayreAt the edge of the Yorkshire Dales…#IlfordXP2 at EI800 on the #NikonFM2 dev & scan by @comethroughlab ?…#35mm, #35mmFilm, #35mmc, #FilmPhotography, #AnaloguePhotography, #AnalogueWonderland, #ComeThroughLab, #...
We are heading to R&D to speak to Calvin Carey, our 13th Behind the Film interview. Calvin is a Physicist here at HARMAN Technology. Find out more about what his role entails.
Who are you? What’s your job title HARMAN technology and how long have you worked here?
My name is Calvin Carey, and I work as a Physicist here at HARMAN. I started in 2019.
Tell us a little about your day to day role.
My day-to-day work is hugely varied, depending on which projects in R&D (research and development) or m...
We speak to Lauz Cam, who is our 67th In Focus interviewee. Laura is a London-based self-taught photographer. Her love for film photography started through her budding interest in vintage cameras and has grown ever since. Laura intends to keep analog photography alive by capturing portraits of individuals in a nostalgic way.
Section 1 - Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
I think my one of my favourite images is this self-portrait as it was ...
For our 68th In Focus interview, we speak to landscape photographer Bill Brooks. Bill enjoys photographing the landscape. He is particularly interested in how it has been affected by those who have gone before us and how it impacts the lives of those who occupy it today. His work is influenced by painters and writers as well as other photographers.
Section 1 - Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
A recent favourite is Sullington Yew, from my ...
'The Uphill Battle', by photographer Joe Shapiro received a lot of attention when we shared his image over on our Instagram. So we decided to contact him to learn more about his process.
Image Title
The Uphill Battle
Technical info
Film Used
ILFORD Delta 400
Format
Medium
Camera
Pentax 67ii
Lens
SMC Pentax 67 1:2.8 90mm
Exposure time
1/500 f5.6 (if I remember correctly)
Other equipment
My hands and eyes
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
To the ...
Allow us to introduce Mandyleft, our 73rd featured artist in our "In Focus" series. Mandyleft is a talented film photographer known for her deep passion for connecting with people, a quality that has immersed her in the vibrant film community.
SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND
SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE/PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU.
I took this photo in a hotel in London. It was a very exciting weekend. I had just been to the theatre and then I had been shooting around the West End...
Stave Lake Historical Powerhouse
One of the genres of photography that I seldom get to experience is that of industrial photography. However, there is one exception in my vicinity at the Stave Lake Historical Powerhouse - a national historic site of Canada, which started producing hydro-electric power in the early 20th century until a modern replacement in the year 2000 took over the job. Perhaps growing up on the prairie has instilled in me an affinity for industrial machinery and when I found a historica...
'HOME' Winner announced
For the 2023/24 ILFORD Photo student photography competition we set the theme of 'Home'. We asked students to show us what home meant to them. That could be a person, place, object, or hobby that embodied the feeling of 'home'.
As always, they rose to the challenge and entries started coming in within weeks of the competition being launched. By the closing date of 31st January 2024 we had received hundreds of entries from students based all over the world showing us their version...