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My name is Maria Guțu I am a Moldovan born and based photographer, focusing on long term documentary projects. In 2022 I finished my studies at the Docdocdoc School of Modern Photography, Saint Petersburg, earlier, in 2020 I graduated in cinematography at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts from Chisinau, Moldova where I have been studying for 4 years. The main topics in my work are remote places, youth, the notion of the home and the relation between humans and the environment...
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SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND
SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?
This image is one of my all time favorites and one of my own few pieces I have hanging up in my cramped no-wall-space apartment:
I shot it on my Mamiya 7 on ILFORD XP2 if I remember co...
A black and white journey into the depths
When I leave home for a day of diving, I always feel a mix of excitement and detachment. A moment alone at dawn, when everyone is still asleep, becomes a kind of quiet ritual: methodically packing my gear, performing last checks, loading film and setting off towards a world apart.
My photography was born from a simple desire: to share those moments — their quiet magic, and the subtle mix of lightness and oppression that comes with the depths.
Swallowed by ...
We're staying in R&D for our latest 'Behind the Film' interview with Josie Cowap. Josie joined us in 2023 as a Laboratory Technician Apprentice and has recently passed her end point assessment, so is now fully qualified. Congratulations Josie!
Tell us a little about your day to day role.
I work in the research and development department, and my day to day my responsibilities include formulating all the components that go into film and paper into a package that I can then coat on our pilot coating ma...
How it all began
“So what’s your next project?”, my friend David asked me over lunch one day in the spring of 2024.
Unprepared for the question, my focus still on my second book, Fragments, which had just been published, my answer was quick and nochalant.
“I think I’m going to dig out my 4x5 and shoot some street portraits of total strangers”.
I surprised even myself with the answer. It was as if I was sitting in his chair and hearing that response for the first time. I can remember the conv...