Film photography is back with a bang,
and whether you're returning to the
genre after switching to digital, or
you've just discovered this amazing
medium, there's never been a more
compelling argument for going
analogue with your photography.
In a world where we are bombarded with visual imagery,
making your photos stand out from the crowd is getting
harder by the day, but film will give you that edge - and let you
discover a whole new way of shooting in the process.
In this in-depth and inspirational guide, photography journalist
Ben Hawkins, and pro photographer Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker
reveal the techniques, tips and secrets for success when
shooting film.
- Learn to shoot on film, from the essential basics
to advanced techniques
- Make the right choices with an in-depth guide to
buying second-hand cameras
- Master the language of film with jargon-free
guides to all the vital processes
- Be inspired by advice from a top pro who shoots
on film
- Discover the amazing imagery of the new school
of analogue photographers
Ben Hawkins
Ben Hawkins is an award-
winning writer and journalist
specializing in photography
and creative media. He was
the group editor of Practical
Photography magazine, 2013-20,
and regularly contributes to
magazines including Amateur
Photographer and Outdoor
Photography. As a child, he
used to 'assist' his dad in the
family darkroom and developed
a fascination with film and
analogue technology. He has
since interviewed some of
the world's most revered film
photographers, including
Albert Watson, David Bailey
and Bob Carlos Clarke. His
signed original Carlos Clarke
print is one of his most prized
possessions.
Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker
Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker is a fine
art and fashion photographer
from Moscow, now based in
New York City. She discovered
her love for photography while
documenting family travels
when she was growing up.
Liza studied Art at university
in California and Paris and
subsequently moved to NYC,
where she decided to pursue
photography professionally.
After a few years of assisting,
she ventured out on her own.
Liza has been internationally
exhibited and regularly
contributes to Vogue Italia
among other publications.
While she still occasionally
shoots digital, analogue is at the
heart of her creative practice
Publisher : Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
2024 | 184 pages
In South Louisiana, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, water―and the history of controlling it―is omnipresent. Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana glimpses the vulnerabilities and possibilities of living on the water during an ongoing climate catastrophe and the fallout of the fossil fuel industry―past, present, and future. The book sustains our physical, mental, and emotional connections to these landscapes through a collection of photographs by Virginia Hanusik. Framing the architecture and infrastructure of South Louisiana with both distance and intimacy, introspection and expansiveness, this work engages new memories, microhistories, anecdotes, and insights from scholars, artists, activists, and practitioners working in the region. Unfolding alongside and in dialogue with Hanusik’s photographs, these reflections soberly and hopefully populate images of South Louisiana’s built and natural environments, opening up multiple pathways that defy singularity and complicate the disaster-oriented imagery often associated with the region and its people. In staging these meditations on water, life, and land loss, this book invites readers to join both Hanusik and the contributors in reading multiplicity into South Louisiana’s water-ruled landscapes.
With texts from Richie Blink, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Jessica Dandridge, Rebecca Elliott, Michael Esealuka, T. Mayheart Dardar, Billy Fleming, Andy Horowitz, Arthur Johnson, Louis Michot, Nini Nguyen, Kate Orff, Jessi Parfait, Amy Stelly, Jonathan Tate, Aaron Turner, and John Verdin.
Twana’s Box' can be described in many ways: a journey through a photographer’s rare archive, documenting the Kurdistan region of Iraq from 1974–1992; a son’s quest to find his lost father, who was murdered by a military regime; a young man’s way to piece together the fragments of a scattered family in a scattered culture; the becoming of a photographer who, through the stories of others, starts to understand his own identity in times of war. 'Twana’s Box' is not only the photo book that holds a selection of Twana Abdullah’s archive; it is a unique insight into a time and place in a region that has since completely transformed. Rawsht has spent years piecing together his father’s negatives and stories. His archival work inspired him to become a photographer himself, working for Metrography – the first independent Iraqi photo agency – before immigrating to Europe. ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, hb, Kurdish/Arabic/English
Taken across Europe and Africa, Akinbiyi’s images of everyday city life muse on the sociopolitical labyrinths of urban society
Whether in Bamako, Berlin, London, Lagos or Durban, British photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi (born 1946) creates black-and-white street scenes that function as visual metaphors, ruminating on cultural change, social exclusion and colonialism’s effect on urban planning.
A deeply personal meditation on and around modern Black expression, curated by the acclaimed London-based designer
This volume, Grace Wales Bonner: Dream in the Rhythm―Visions of Sound and Spirit in the MoMA Collection, is an artist’s book created by the acclaimed London-based designer Grace Wales Bonner as “an archive of soulful expression.” Through an extraordinary selection of nearly 80 works from The Museum of Modern Art’s collection and archives, this unique volume draws multisensory connections between pictures and poems, music and performance, hearing and touch, gestures and vibrations, and bodies in motion. Photographs, scores and films by artists such as Dawoud Bey, Mark Bradford, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Steve McQueen, Lorna Simpson and Ming Smith, among others, are juxtaposed with signal texts by Black authors spanning the past century, including Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Robin Coste Lewis, Ishmael Reed, Greg Tate, Jean Toomer, Quincy Troupe and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner―Spirit Movers, this resplendent publication is a deeply personal meditation on and around modern Black expression that echoes Wales Bonner’s own vibrant, virtuosic designs.
