The Large Format Photography Podcast

It has been far too long between shows and hopefully we can now get back to some kind of regular output. For this show our last guest Nick Davis (The 120ist on the YouTube) makes a visit to community darkroom / darkroom community that is “Negative Thinking” in Bristol where he gets to interview Tim Pearse about the space, the community he is helping to build, his love of the da

#66 On Safari With The 120ist In so many ways this show episode typifies what we love about making this podcast – it was just like being in a pub (or coffee shop) and having a chat with like minded folk about, mostly, large format photography. The fact that the conversation wanders around is exactly what happens when you have enthusiastic guests and hosts getting together to pond

We first interviewed today’s guest over 4 years ago, in fact he was our first proper guest to help us and our listeners along the “new to LF path”. Show 2 with Graham Vasey is worth a listen as we touch on many interesting subjects, one area Simon and I wanted to return to was Graham’s use of liquid emulsion on watercolour paper and that’s pretty much what we covered in s

#64 The Hell of the North Our second catch up show of the year once again saw the return of Simon to the fold who, it turns out, has had sufficient time off to be reinvigorated and enthused for all things LFPP. What does that mean? Well, more shows we hope, at least three a year…… Things we chatted about on the show: As we didn’t have a guest on show 63 Simon kicked things of

#63 Return of The Prodigal Gearhead We have been waiting for the return of our beloved Simon to the podcast for some time now, so a threesome to kick off the new year of 2023 was a perfect opportunity for us all to have a catch-up and hopefully make Simon realise he misses this whole podcast thing and there’s more to life than the 3d printing of camera accessaries. As things turn

From Simon’s website - “I specialise in analogue and alternative forms of photography, this is my passion. Currently, I'm immersed in practicing the art of Victorian wet plate photography, invented in 1851 the process is still to be rivalled today. There are only a small number of people worldwide practicing wet plate. ​I became an artist in 2016, travelling through various a

#62 Sammy the Afghan Camera Lady Erik and Andrew are joined by the force of nature known as the Afghan Camera Lady for an enjoyable natter. Sammy has a background in commercial photography but with the help of her local analogue photography group Leicester LoFi became obsessed with the Afghan box camera. Currently Sammy takes her huge “portable darkroom and studio” camera to fe

Alys was first on the show in 2019 following the hugely successful launch of her 5 year “Ex Voto” project researching modern day pilgrimages across Europe and photographing the relics/offerings left in the landscape (the ex votos) and the people she met along the way. Since then she has published “Lost Summer” photographing teenagers who lost their summer prom due to covid,

Frank is an NBC producer and off air reporter who uses his access to the USA Capitol building to explore his film obsession. Using a Speed Graphic camera and Aero Ektar lens he made a moving photo essay 100 days after the January 2020 storming of the Capitol building. “After the Riot” is a series of portraits of 12 individuals who work in the building, made in locations that re

#59 The Nomadic Photo Ark Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher travel the USA with their mobile darkroom, studio and office telling the stories, in recordings and 8x10 portraits of people they meet on their way. Both were clearly fated to meet and undertake this life-changing adventure. Living the dream? We think so….. Project links. The website is the place to go to for all things