In my early film photography years (about a decade ago) I tried a few cheap medium format cameras (I own both a Moskva and a Lubitel,…
Over 20 years ago, just after I met my wife to be, we took a weekend trip to Bruges (in Belgium) which that was so marred…
Nearly ten years ago my good friend and amazing artist Sinead McDonald taught me cyanotype printing, and ever since then I've been meaning to get back…
The Colours of Shanghai / How I came to Publish a Photozine of XPAN shots – By Benoît Felten
August 4, 2020I am in the process of publishing (and pre-selling) a zine called The Colours of Shanghai. It collects panoramic XPAN photos taken in Shanghai between 2014…
5 (7) Frames with a Leica M6, Zeiss 35mm f/2 and Kodak Ultramax 400 – A Double First – By Benoît Felten
July 23, 2020I'd heard about Leicas even before I started to get serious about photography let alone film photography. But I'd never held one in my hands, and…
About the value of my (and your?) photography – By Benoît Felten
July 21, 2020This article has been a long time coming. Ever since I watched the video that Hamish published in late February this year, this topic has been…
My first contact with Cinestill 800T happened during a nighttime photowalk in Mong Kok organised by Camera Film Photo in collaboration with Take Kayo (@bigheadtaco on…
So a few weeks ago, I shared an article on my process doing textured double-exposure portraits with my XPAN film camera. This is a series that…
Shooting Textured Double-Exposures with the Hasselblad XPAN – By Benoît Felten
March 10, 2020Ever since I got into photography a little over 10 years ago, I've been fascinated with textures and patterns. While they don't represent anything per se…