Film Photographer Spotlight: Christopher Lange

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Name: Christopher Lange
Age: 22
Location: New York
Photographing For: 7 years

Cameras: Leica M2 & M6, Hasselblad 500 series, Nikon F3 & F4.
Fav films: Tri-X, Plus-X, HP5+, FP4+, Neopan 1600, Delta 3200

Chris on why he shoots film:

“I grew up with film. My father is a former fashion photographer, and as such I was surrounded by cameras from a very early age. It was routine to have stacks of negatives, contact sheets, chromes, and Polaroids all around our apartment when I was a child. When I began photographing seriously for myself, it was with a Nikon D70, but two years later, while living in Finland for a year, I bought a roughed up Nikon F3 and Nikkormat and never looked back. At this point in time I choose to use film simply because it is simple, effective, and allows me to achieve the exact aesthetic that I prefer in my photographs. Love is a good glass of scotch and a pocket full of Delta 3200 for the  lonely night time hours.”

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Gear Submission By: Mark Alan Thomas
“This is my favorite film camera, mostly for nostalgic reasons. It was my dad’s camera. I used it 30 years ago in jr high school, but then my parents got divorced, and it was 30 years before I heard from my dad again. I had been scanning some of the old film I shot back then, and just out of curiosity I asked my dad if he still had the camera. Incredibly, he did, and he said he’d hardly ever used it, and it was still basically brand new. He packed it into a box and mailed it to me with two lenses— the kit 50mm f/1.8, plus a nice Tokina pump-action zoom — and the original set of user guides. When I told my mom about this, she laughed and said, “That was my camera! He bought it for me for my birthday because HE wanted it!””

Gear Submission By: Mark Alan Thomas

“This is my favorite film camera, mostly for nostalgic reasons. It was my dad’s camera. I used it 30 years ago in jr high school, but then my parents got divorced, and it was 30 years before I heard from my dad again. I had been scanning some of the old film I shot back then, and just out of curiosity I asked my dad if he still had the camera. Incredibly, he did, and he said he’d hardly ever used it, and it was still basically brand new. He packed it into a box and mailed it to me with two lenses— the kit 50mm f/1.8, plus a nice Tokina pump-action zoom — and the original set of user guides. When I told my mom about this, she laughed and said, “That was my camera! He bought it for me for my birthday because HE wanted it!””