The things I saw (Tokyo) #9

May 3, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I remember, years ago, falling asleep on the sofa whilst listening to a Travis CD, ‘The Man who’. I must have gone-off around about the end of ‘She’s so strange’, what followed seemed to be an eternity of silence, then the secret track kicked in – well I nearly soiled my pants – I’d listened to this CD dozens of times and had no idea there was a secret track. I never listened to it again after that, I was […]

Categories: film photography, Photography, travel • Tags: fuji 400H, japan, kodak portra 160, kodak portra 400, nikon 28mm 1.8G, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, tokyo, UK Film Lab

Muse

March 2, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I made these images of Sophia and Abi and few weeks ago, all shot on 35mm film. The day after I sent the package of undeveloped celluloid off to Spain my life took yet another painful emotional nose-dive. I haven’t really taken any photographs since. My lack of portraiture activity has not gone unnoticed… People often ask me what the secret is behind a good portrait, how does anyone with a camera and a person in front of it transcend […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: film, film is not dead, fuji natura 1600, kodak portra 400, model, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, woman

Jarrod Dickenson

February 17, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

“Storytelling is something of a Texas tradition. Tall hats and even taller tales are woven into the fabric of The Lone Star State, and singer-songwriter, Jarrod Dickenson can spin a yarn with the best of them. Hailing from Waco, now based in Brooklyn, Dickenson spends most of his time on the road bringing his own particular brand of soulful americana to a wide variety of music loving audiences around the globe” All images made with Nikon F100, 28mm and 50mm […]

Categories: Music, Photography • Tags: 1600, 35mm film, film photography, I shoot film, isle of man, jarrod dickenson, kodak portra 400, nikon 28mm 1.8G, nikon 50mm 1.4G, portrait

Standard Practice.

February 9, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

The last 35mm camera I used before selling-up and switching to digital, around the time of the Millennium, was the Nikon F100. In fact, I had two – the rugged bodies had that weighty feel that oozed quality and reliability. I’ve always missed that reassuring gravitas that even today’s flagship digital models seem to lack… so when a friend of a friend offered me, out of the blue, a mint condition Nikon F100, I couldn’t say no. The F100 arrived […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: domke, film photography, fuji natura 1600, I shoot film, kodak portra 400, lens, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, portrait, shoot film not megapixels, standard

Imperfect Symmetry

January 13, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I remember my art teacher attempting to explain ‘The Rule of Thirds’ to me when I was about 14. When I got my first camera, I tried to follow this practice – placing the point of interest to one side of the frame… but I didn’t like any of the photographs, they just didn’t feel right. For a while I honestly believed that this rule, this Golden Section as it is known in the art world, was an actual real […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 6x7cm, 6x9cm, film, fuji GW690III, I shoot film, kodak portra 400, pentax 67

This is my land…

January 13, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Nothing in the Jungle is permanent… in fact, most of what you see in these photographs – taken less than a month ago – no longer exists. Over the last few weeks, officials in Calais have been fencing-off and ‘reclaiming’ large portions of the camp… in some cases to install ‘semi-permenant’ shelters with shipping containers, but in other areas the clearances are unexplained. I’m not necessarily saying that some of these relocations are a bad thing… human rights lawyers have […]

Categories: film photography, photojournalism • Tags: 35mm, calais, film, france, fuji natura 1600, kodak portra 400, migrants, nikon f100, Olympus mju II, pentax 67

An Ordinary Day

January 10, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Christmas Day in the Jungle was pretty much as I’d expected, most of the people there are either Muslim or Orthodox Christians… Muslims don’t do Christmas, obviously, and the Orthodox Christians don’t celebrate it until the 7th January. So the 25th December was much like any other day, in fact the only real sign of the festive season was an English charity worker wearing a mince-pie jumper, a Santa hat, pushing a wheelbarrow… actually one of the few aid workers […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: calais, france, fuji superia 400, kodak portra 400, migrants, Olympus mju II, pentax 67, portrait, the jungle

Grande-Synthe

January 9, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Grande-Synthe is being dubbed ‘The forgotten camp’ – I wasn’t prepared for what I saw there, not even remotely prepared…. The camp wasn’t where I’d expected it to be – we drove around the Dunkirk port area and scoured the outskirts of town before finally admitting defeat. We stopped for fuel, so while I was filling the van my assistant went into the petrol station to pay, seizing the opportunity to ask for directions. This smaller camp – home to […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: france, grande-synthe, kodak portra 400, migrants, olympus mju2, pentax 67, refugees

The Cafe

January 1, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Model – Lauren Anderson 1 – 3 Pentax 67, 105mm, Kodak Portra 400 4 Fuji GW690III, Kodak Portra 400 5-6 Nikon F100, 50mm 1.8, Kodak Portra 400 (accidentally under-exposed 2 stops)

Categories: fashion, film photography • Tags: film, fuji GW690III, kodak portra 400, nikon f100, pentax 67

Fellow Humans

November 22, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

All the images here were taken in the last couple of weeks using a Pentax 67 and 105mm lens. Kodak Portra 400 was used and developed and scanned at UK Film Lab.

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 105mm, 6x7cm, analogue, film, kodak portra 400, pentax 67