The Same Boat

April 28, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

I keep hearing people say, “We’re all in the same boat”, but we aren’t, we’re all in different boats, caught in the same hurricane. There are skippers who’ve sealed the watertight hatches and are riding it out, ships that are sinking, yachts that have sunk, and there are captains pulling drowning sailors onto their floating gin palaces and invoicing them for the rescue expenses. At the moment, I’m on a large ferry – I’m comfortable, and I’m still able to […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: black and white photography, culture vannin, photojournalism

The New Normal

April 25, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m fortunate; I have a part-time job that gets me out of the house everyday, a virtual hall-pass that allows me to drive the corridors of the Isle of Man with my camera. For most other residents, it’s been a long few weeks, thus far. On Friday 27th March, the Isle of Man started an indefinite lockdown – nobody in and nobody out (unless you want to stay out).  I’d already started my own personal document of the COVID19 pandemic […]

Categories: photojournalism, street photography • Tags: black and white photography, culture vannin, documentary, isle of man, reportage

On The Buses

November 12, 2019 by Phil Kneen Photography

All images made from the back seat of various buses and coaches using a Ricoh GRII camera. Coverted to black and white using Silver Efex Pro2

Categories: Photography • Tags: black and white, black and white photography, fine art, personal project, Ricoh GRII, Ricoh GRIII, silver efex pro

The Exceptions

March 10, 2019 by Phil Kneen Photography

“You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.” – Steve Case, Co-founder of AOL I’m experiencing problems with my inner ears at the moment, which explains the extreme seasickness I’ve been encountering. So, until it’s sorted out, I’m concentrating on a land-based project to document people who live in less than conventional homes, such as caravans, van conversions, boats, […]

Categories: film photography, photojournalism • Tags: analog, analogue, black and white photography, Ilford hp5 400, pentax 67, vanlife

The Challenge

February 23, 2019 by Phil Kneen Photography

‘Tuesday 19th February – I slept through the steam down to the fishing grounds, and woke-up heaving. I only just made it outside, but while I’m feeding the fish with the two waffles I managed to grab on the way out of the house, I work out that we’re south; southwest of the Chicken Rock lighthouse, to be more accurate. Michael wants to play a game that he calls ‘The Wet Challenge.’ – the rules, as far as I can […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: black and white photography, fishing boat, irish sea, isle of man, trawler