The Film Camera Co.

The Film Camera Co. We are a photography store that specialise in film cameras.

Olympus OM-1 // 100mm f2.8 - Available soon
21/03/2022

Olympus OM-1 // 100mm f2.8

- Available soon

Ilford’s HP5 Plus is a high speed, fine grain, medium contrast black & white film making it an excellent choice for jour...
18/03/2022

Ilford’s HP5 Plus is a high speed, fine grain, medium contrast black & white film making it an excellent choice for journalism, documentary, travel, sports, action and indoor available light photography. Available in 35mm and 120

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Canon A1 50mm f1.8 with data back - available soon
16/03/2022

Canon A1 50mm f1.8 with data back - available soon

Canon A1 with 50mm f1.8 and data back - available soon
16/03/2022

Canon A1 with 50mm f1.8 and data back - available soon

Shot on Portra 400 - this high-speed daylight-balanced colour negative film offers a smooth and natural colour palette t...
14/03/2022

Shot on Portra 400 - this high-speed daylight-balanced colour negative film offers a smooth and natural colour palette that is balanced with vivid saturation and low contrast for accurate skin tones and consistent results. A brilliant all-rounder!

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FILM FEATURE // Kyle McDougall Kyle McDougall is a contemporary landscape photographer from Ontario, Canada. His most re...
13/03/2022

FILM FEATURE // Kyle McDougall

Kyle McDougall is a contemporary landscape photographer from Ontario, Canada. His most recent project ‘An American Mile’ focuses on the American South West and in particular the “places in between”. His images often provoke the feeling of isolation providing us with a sobering reminder that time moves fast and the future is unpredictable. However, the vibrant colours and warm tones make these isolated and derelict locations feel inviting and peaceful.

Here are some of our favourite images from the collection. Please do support Kyle by following him and check out his YouTube channel ‘Analogue’ which is beautifully shot and a fantastic resource for any film photographer!

CineStill 50D is a 35mm daylight-balanced colour negative film made from Kodak 50D. It has excellent highlight latitude,...
12/03/2022

CineStill 50D is a 35mm daylight-balanced colour negative film made from Kodak 50D. It has excellent highlight latitude, an accurate colour rendition and claims to be the worlds finest grain film!

These beautiful images from are a great example of how to get the most out of this film!

We also have a community page! Follow and tag us in your work for a chance to be featured! 🎞
11/03/2022

We also have a community page! Follow and tag us in your work for a chance to be featured! 🎞

ROBERT FRANK – PART 3 – People You Don’t SeeAfter completing his time in Puru, Frank was persuaded to enter a picture st...
09/09/2021

ROBERT FRANK – PART 3 – People You Don’t See

After completing his time in Puru, Frank was persuaded to enter a picture story competition in Life’s Contest for Young Photographers. His entry would focus on his block on Eleventh Street near university place. More specifically Frank would focus on the “people you don’t see”. The collection includes 15 captioned photographs. Unfortunately, Frank is unable to win but receives second prize of $1,250 in the individual picture category. I have to admit that these are probably some of my least favourite photos by Frank but you can really start to see the New York street influence coming through.

What’s your opinion on Franks work?

ROBERT FRANK – PART 2 (1947-1949Here we have part 2 of our Robert Frank series. If you haven’t already checked and liked...
08/09/2021

ROBERT FRANK – PART 2 (1947-1949
Here we have part 2 of our Robert Frank series. If you haven’t already checked and liked the first post please do! It somewhat motivates us to do them.

In February 1947 Frank sailed from Antwerp to New York where he lived in an apartment opposite the Rockefeller Center. Now in New York, Franks work came across the eyes of the Russian born photographer Alexey Brodovitch (what a name). Brodovitch subsequently hired Frank as an assistant photographer at Harper’s Bazaar. During this period Brodovitch encouraged Frank to transition from his square, medium format Rolleiflex to a 35mm Leica. However, his time working for Brodovitch was short lived with Frank resigning just 6 months later (although would continue to work for Harper’s Bazaar as a freelancer). Instead, Frank decided to focus on his own work inspired by the likes of Henri Cariter Bresson and Elliott Erwitt. Frank then travelled to central and South America stopping briefly in Cuba, Panama, Brazil, and Bolivia, and roaming extensively in Peru. After his South American trip, Frank created two spiral-bounds books with thirty-nine photographs from his trip to Peru. He gave one of these books to his mother and then the other to Brodovitch. The photos of the trip can be seen in today’s post. Frank once again utilises his page spreads.

Tomorrow’s post will explore Frank’s work in New York from the Life’s Contest for Young Photographers! Come back tomorrow to see more!

This is the start of a 10-part series on Robert Franks life and work. We never feel as if we can give the photographers ...
07/09/2021

This is the start of a 10-part series on Robert Franks life and work. We never feel as if we can give the photographers enough credit or are to contextualise their life’s work in one post, so we are going to trial these longer series like posts. Let us know what you think in the comments!

ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019) – EARLY CAREER, 40 FOTOS
Robert Frank was a Swiss photographer who is considered one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Robert was the second son of Jewish parents, Regina and Hermann Frank. In 1941 at the age of 17 after completing his schooling in Zurich and Payerne, Frank would spend the next 4 years as apprentice/employee for various photographers including Hermann Segesser, Micheal Wolgensinger, Landammann Stauffacher and Victor Bouverat. In 1945, after completing his photography training Frank was granted Swiss citizenship (his Jewish father Hermann had become stateless after losing his German citizenship due the rise of Nazi’s). After receiving his citizenship Frank undertake his basic military training over the next year before traveling to Milan, Paris and Strasbourg. Here Frank would create a spiral-bound book ‘40 Fotos’ which incorporates original photographs in various genres. The book really displayed Franks skills that he developed as a photo editor/contact organising. Franks presents multiple photographs in series that seem to simultaneously complement each other while also juxtaposing one another. The photos have a good sense of humour, and I personally love them. I would recommend having a look at the full book which can be found on the National Gallery of Art or can even be bought as a hard back if you have some spare ££. There is something really special about shooting in series that makes rather basic photos seem so much more interesting. You should do it more. (also appreciating the fact that Frank owns a MJU).

Keep your eyes peeled for part two which will look at Frank in New York

Women in Film - Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)“Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, ...
10/03/2021

Women in Film - Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

“Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange’s Photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanised the consequences of the Great Depression.”

After studying photography at Columbia University Lange went on to start her own studio business in San Fransico where she shot portraits for 15 years. At the onset of the Great Depression, Lange started transitioning from studio work to the streets. “In the depths of the worldwide Depression, 1933, some fourteen million people in the U.S. were out of work; many were homeless, drifting aimlessly, often without enough food to eat. During the decade of the 1930s some 300,000 men, women, and children migrated west to California, hoping to find work. It is here that Lange found her purpose and direction as a photographer.” Her work in this period led her to be employed by the resettlement Administration (RA) which was later called the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Working for the agency Lange highlighted the lives of the displaced farm families leading to one of Lange’s most famous pieces - “Migrant Mother”.

After Pearl Harbour Lange went on assignment for the War Relocation Authority (WRA) to document the forced evacuation of Japanese Americans from the west coast of the US. During the internment process Lange snapped photos of American school children before they were removed from their homes. Much of her photography from this era were not shown publicly during the war.

Lange went on to co-found Aperature magazine. There is so much too talk about when analysing Lange’s career and life. Far too much to talk about in one instagram post. Lange will forever be one of the most achieved documentary photographers in history.



All images not our own. Text sourced from Dorothea Lange Wikipedia page

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