16 Years.

October 27, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Almost a year to the day after I first visited and photographed inside The Jungle, France has all but obliterated its biggest and most troublesome migrant camp. What expanded over the space of sixteen years was destroyed in less than two days. I first visited the migrant camp in Calais last October, and before I go any further, I think it’s important to note that The Jungle is, or was, a migrant camp, not a refugee camp. Nobody will ever […]

Categories: film photography, photojournalism • Tags: 35mm, calais, film photography, france, grande-synthe, migrants, the jungle

No, means no.

January 15, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

All images made using an Olympus MjuII compact and various film (Kodak Portra, Fuji Superia and Agfa Vista). Developed and scanned at UK FILM LAB 

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 35mm, calais, film, france, I shoot film, kodak, migrants, Olympus mju II, Portra, the jungle

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

Happy Christmas from The Jungle!

December 24, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

This is a very quick post from Calais to say Happy Christmas! Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to stop-by, it’s very much appreciated. I’m going to be in The Jungle tomorrow (Christmas Day), sharing the day with people from all over the world – some celebrate Christmas, others don’t, but I’m sure it’s going to be great fun! I’ve been photographing in the camp for over a week now and have been shown nothing but kindness (forgetting one […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism • Tags: calais, christmas day, iphone 6, migrants, the jungle

Maybe…

December 16, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

Wednesday 16th December – I arrived in the migrant/refugee camp at Calais today to start shooting a two-week project that will see me here until 29th December. In the six weeks since I was here last The Jungle has grown and changed beyond recognition – any empty areas in the main camp, no matter how seemingly unusable they looked, have now been filled with tents and makeshift shelters. At the far end of the camp, a patch of sand dunes […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism • Tags: banksy, caiais, france, migrants, the jungle

“This is not a movie”

November 27, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m going back to Calais in a couple of weeks to continue making photographs in The Jungle. After my last visit, at the beginning of November, one thing became immediately obvious – photographers, especially anyone who looks like a press photographer, are not welcome… not in the slightest. I was reminded by people sitting outside shelters as I walked past, two cameras slung around my neck – “This is not a movie!” – people don’t want to be photographed in […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 120, 6x7cm, calais, film, france, fuji X100T, migrants, Olympus mju II, pentax 67

The Jungle

November 4, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

Wednesday 4th November. The Jungle, Calais, France – I’ve been working in this somewhat unimaginatively named refugee camp for two days now. All the images here have been shot on my iPhone. I’m shooting the project on film, mostly medium format, and a Fuji Instax instant camera (this camera has acted as an excellent ‘ice-breaker’) I really don’t know where to begin describing the situation in The Jungle, to be honest… it’s not what I expected – I’d visualised hundreds […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism • Tags: calais, crisis, iphone 6, migrants, refugees

Oz

October 23, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

When things turn to shit, there really is no place like home. After a string of pitfalls toward the end of the first month of my European road trip, I’ve decided to return to my home on the Isle of Man, just for a couple of weeks, to level-out. I feel like a kids jigsaw that’s been put together, but with all the pieces in the wrong place. I need to reassemble that jigsaw! Contrary to what a lot of […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism, travel • Tags: analogue, calais, colour, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, france, fuji GW690III, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak portra 400, kodak portra 800, men 6x9cm, migrants, phil kneen, portra 160, portraits, road trip, spain, the jungle, travel