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HARMAN technology Limited, trading as ILFORD PHOTO, is a global market leader and the only manufacturer in the world to provide a full range of black & white film, darkroom paper, photochemistry and ancillary products. For over 137 years, generations of customers have demanded the very best. And this is why they continue to choose ILFORD. Operating from our manufacturing headquarters in Cheshire, UK. Our products are shipped around the globe and into the discerning hands of beginners, enthusiasts, stud...

People often ask me why I love street photography so much, my answer is always “you never know what you are going to come across, depending on where you are and sometimes that can be from minute to minute”  let me explain… Photography is my passion I am very lucky that after a career spanning 28 years as a professional advertising photographer I now feed my soul teaching my passion which is street photography in some of Europe’s most exciting cities, often in areas people wouldn’t norma...

"I have yet to see — much less produce — a colour photograph that fulfils my concepts of the objectives of art." Ansel Adams. The Tetons and Snake River (1942) Photograph by Ansel AdamsPhotograph by Ansel Adam© The Ansel Adams Publishings. Collection Center for Creative Photography Rights Trust Some of the greatest and most iconic photographs ever taken have been in black & white. Masters such as Ansel Adams, Cartier Bresson, Sir Don McCullin, Mary Ellen Mark and Sebastiao Salgado to name j...

Hand colouring The idea of adding colour to a monochrome image by hand dates back to the beginning of photography. At this time it was the only way to get a colour photograph. Although colour photography using the three colour process was put forward just short of thirty years after the first photograph by Nicephore Niepce,  it was, in its early years, expensive and difficult to produce a colour image. Hand colouring became a practical way to give the impression of colour and everything from Daguerroty...

9th March 2017 ILFORD PHOTO announce the winners of their 2016 UK Student Competition ‘Pretty Ugly’ With almost 1000 entries, from schools, colleges and universities across the country, the 2016 competition witnessed an exceptionally high standard of darkroom printing which took several rounds of judging and plenty of debate before the winning images were selected. The standard was so high this year that the judges have also awarded an additional three images as highly commended along with the over...

24th February 2016 After another year of record entries HARMAN technology Ltd announces the winners of their UK Student Competition 2015 "Saturday Night at the Movies" At just short of 1000 entries, it took the judges several hours to decide which image should be selected as the winner. The standard was so high this year that the judges felt they couldn’t limit their choices to a single runner-up and have instead awarded four runners-up prizes along with the winner. The title of ‘ILFORD PHOTO St...

26th July 2016 ILFORD Photo (HARMAN technology Ltd) are delighted to introduce 'ILFORD inspires’, a series of events aimed at broadening the appeal of black and white film photography to a wider audience. The first of these events takes place on August 4th in Philadelphia, PA and features an insight into and showcase of the incredible work of artist, educator and master printer Chuck Kelton. Chuck’s feature talk will describe his experiences working with some of the most iconic photographers of...

25th February 2015 HARMAN technology Ltd announces the winners of the UK Student Competition 2014 entitled “Motion”. The annual competition for UK photography students attracted a record entry for 2014. So many that it took the judges two sittings before they could decide which had met the Brief and complied with the competition Terms and Conditions. After long deliberation and several rejections the winners were finally chosen. "Light in the Dark". Winning image from Elliott Jagger from Leeds Col...

General FAQS Where can I find technical information about your products? We provide a comprehensive set of technical information to support all our products. Links to the technical information can be found on the product pages on the website. Advice for Airport X-ray scanners: Film & papers We are working with the DFT and Heathrow airport in the UK and will shortly be updating our information relating to the new CT type x-ray scanners being installed at major airports worldwide. Based on our init...

20th August 2014 ILFORD PHOTO confirm no plans to discontinue XP2 SUPER Film following the recent announcement that Kodak Alaris is discontinuing KODAK PROFESSIONAL BW400CN Film.   ILFORD PHOTO can confirm that there are no plans to discontinue ILFORD XP2 SUPER. This product continues to be in free supply throughout the world from ILFORD PHOTO Distributors and Photographic Retailers, and is available in 35mm and 120 formats as well as a 35mm Single Use Camera. ILFORD XP2 SUPER is an ISO 400/27�...