Lenny’s Right Knee

May 15, 2013 by Phil Kneen Photography

This is the first in a series of articles that explores my fascination (some might say morbid fascination…) with scars. Most people have at least one. I have an eight inch long scar that runs down the left hand side on my belly which looks like a giant slug, a 30-year-old reminder not to dive into rivers without checking the depth. Some scars have an amusing story attached, mine does – as I dived into the river which hid the […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: black and white, DxO film pack, film look, fuji X-pro1, isle of man, knee scar, lenny conroy, Meningitis, Meningitis scar, mono, peel, personal project, phil kneen, portrait, scar, scars, silver efex pro

Scar Tissue

May 9, 2013 by Phil Kneen Photography

This week I’ve finally started a project that I’ve been meaning to do for years, it’s an issue that’s always fascinated me – scars. I posted an update on my Facebook page asking for people with scars and a story to go with them. I was expecting to get maybe 15 or 20 people – at the time of writing this I’ve got 159 volunteers! Some of the scars are accidental, some are medical. One lady has asked me to photograph […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: amsterdam, canon G15, fuji X-pro1, mono, scars, street photography, workshop

“My time,my creation”

May 31, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I found these two shots on the end of a roll of film that I was scanning, I’d completely forgotten about them. When I first met Scott, a couple of years ago, he asked me what I liked doing, I told him I liked taking photos. Scott replied, “That’s good, you’re a visionary…it’s good to be a visionary”. I only spent a relatively short amount of time around Scott, but in that time I did learn a lot from him […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 50mm 1.4, dog, film, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak tmax 400, life, mono, nikon fm2, scott clark, visionary

What people want.

May 8, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I took this shot of my good friend, Noah, two years ago. In 24 months, over 5 different sites including Flickr and Getty Images, it’s had nearly 1.2 million views, received 598 comments (good and bad) and 585 likes on Flickr. It also sells like hot cakes. One thing is obvious – it’s not the kind of image I take now, but it’s what people want! *** UPDATE *** A lot of people have asked what Noah looks like without […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 50mm 1.4, canon eos 5d, face, isle of man, mk2, mono, pain, phil kneen, photo, rubber band face, silver efex pro

This week…

February 4, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

This week I’ve been photographing musicians, mostly. Last Monday I had the band ‘3 Million‘ in the studio, they didn’t bat an eyelid when I told them I was going to bind them all together with cling-film for half an hour. I’ve seen these chaps play a couple of times, I recommend you do the same. On Wednesday I had a second session with the yet unnamed duo, Adam Jones and Geoff Tinkler. This pair are VERY photogenic! We started […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 3 million, adam jones, beach, black and white, camera, canon eos 5d mk2, clingfilm, colour, digital, fine art, gansey, geoff tinkler, isle of man, mono, music, phil kneen, Simon Campbell