I’ve been shooting more film than usual this week, mostly film actually, due to the fact that someone stole my entire Nikon digital outfit, £8000 worth of uninsured kit (uninsured because of the circumstances in which it was stolen), over the Easter weekend. I am, needless to say, completely devastated, but worse things have happened in the world. All the images here were made using a Canon AE1, 50mm 1.8 lens and either Fuji Pro 400H or 1o year out of date Ilford HP5. I’m not one for begging, but I am considering some kind of crowd-funding event to raise the cash to buy at least some digital gear so I can carry-on working. Keep an eye out here – Phil Kneen Photography on Facebook 
Phil, I am so sorry to hear that your gear got stolen. Heartbreaking for you.
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Eyes peeled, will share far and wide, brother. X
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DAMN! So sorry to hear that… hope you´ll get it back . . .
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I feel so sorry for you. I quite know the feeling because I clearly remember the sensation when I realized my Canon was not with me anymore – but in my case I lost it because I forgot it somewhere. But all your gear, oh my God. I hope you manage to raise those funds soon, and anyway your work with analog is splendid! Congratulations!
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Ufff I remember something similar during a wedding luckily for us the bag was heavy enough to get noticed
bad for the one who tried to steal it… but if you remember the serials of your equipment you can try to do a reverse lookup with the serial number… perhaps with “GadgetTrak Serial Search” if the thief use it himself or sell it to another you may be able to find photos taken recently on the Web with the same serial number. Every time someone take a photo with your camera a lot of metadata is recorded. Information that may be vital to recover your camera. What a crap…
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Such bad news. I’m so sorry. R.
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That’s terrible news, what on earth happened?
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Sorry to hear about your loss, that is really devastating.
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Man…I hate thieves. Like, really hate them. Most of us are not millionaires and work hard for what we have so to have someone knock you back because they are to lazy to work hard themselves. A generalization of course.
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Great photos though!
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Sorry to hear about the loss of your equipment. I saved a whole two years to buy my stuff and I would be gutted if it got stolen.. Hope you get all or part of it back.
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Oh no! I would be sososo devastated if that happened to me. I really hope that, by some miracle, it is found! It’s just awful 😦
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Sorry to hear Phil.
If you want, you can have my Ricoh GR…all I have for digital that might be of use to you!
Good luck (and great photos…)
-M.
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Very tough and sad news ~ use it to power greater photography… Great shots.
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Some learning curves are steep but all insurance companies evil! Look up Insurance in the Devils Dictionary online!!! Shocking truth..
Might take your film shooting to a new level A La John Canlas & Ryan Muirhead. All the best…
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Sorry to hear that Phil, hope you get something sorted. That top photo is a beauty by the way.
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Sorry to hear about the theft Phil, but seriously if you’re making stunning images like that first one it’s tempting to suggest you simply stick with the film cameras 🙂
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I was shocked to read about the loss of your equipment.
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Awful news, Phil. I hope you get your gear back. However this photos are fantastic !
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So sorry to hear of your loss. I hope you can recover some of it. I love your photos. You seem to capture humanity in a very unique way. Your blog is aptly named.
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Sorry for you ! Mais un chasseur de têtes et parfois aussi en danger que ses victimes, le mal rôde , phil , en bon chasseur il faut savoir toujours rester vigilant , good Luck …!!!
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Really sorry for you !!!!
(great shots)
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sorry to hear that i hope you manage to get some of it back…your photos are amazing tho I love them xxx
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I am so sorry to hear about your disastrous loss! Your photos are unique.
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Terrible news (no matter what the circumstances).
Hope you can find some way to recover and move on (both professionally and financially).
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very great job, loven it
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