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Prime Lenses

by Iain Farrell

A camera is just a tool, but spend enough time with photographers, and you’ll see them go misty-eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small, fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget. I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much, and how they make us feel.

Latest episodes

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Episode 134 - Daria Zlobinski

What do you do when the best trip of your life makes every photo after it feel smaller? Guest: Daria Zlobinski. London-based photographer, macro and nature obsessive, ne

Oct 4

Episode 133 - Anthony Prince Leslie

My guest this week is Anthony Prince Leslie, a photographer and filmmaker from Brooklyn. He has made a name for himself shooting behind the scenes footage for films like

Sep 27
59 min

Foto Walks 2026 with Michael Howard

A little mid-week episode to let you all know about some photo walks taking place this week in conjunction with Foto, the photo sharing app. You can join one of the many

Sep 23
15 min

Episode 132 - Geoff Ang

Mentioned in this episode People Helmut Newton — fashion photographer Geoff cites as having briefly worked in the Singapore press before his career took off · Wikipedia

Sep 20
1 h 06 min

Episode 131 - Graham Niven

Mentioned in this episode People Colin Prior — cited as one of the landscape photographers whose 1990s work first caught Graham's eye, before that kind of image became

Sep 13
1 h 03 min

Episode 130 - Jocelyn Bain Hogg

Support the show on Patreon. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk abo

Sep 6
1 h 08 min

Episode 129 - Natasa Leoni

Natasa Leoni is a photographer based in the UK who in addition to commercial work photographs causes she cares about in relation to climate and social change. Support t

Aug 30
59 min

Episode 128 - Rachael Talibart

Rachael Talibart is a photographer of coast and sea based in the UK. Support the show on Patreon. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time w

Aug 23
1 h 10 min

Episode 127 - Dave Herring Returns

Dave Herring returns to the show this week to talk about his remit to educate and entertain. He’s a lovely guest with excellent taste in 35mm lenses :) Support the show

Aug 16
1 h 03 min

Episode 126 - Kit Young

Kit Young is a British analogue photographer and printer. In an age where film is a niche choice and many folks who do shoot it send their film to someone else to process

Aug 9
1 h 03 min

Appreciating the Small Stuff with Ian Bogost

People often say “It’s the little things”, but what does that mean? Ian Bogost has written a book on this subject called The Small Stuff, and in it he describes the grati

Aug 5
1 h 03 min

Episode 125 - Irene Yee

This week, my guest is Irene Yee, a photographer specialising in the outdoors and climbing. She’s a brilliant and open guest who shares a lot of her techniques and ideas

Aug 2
1 h 08 min

Stockholm Fotomarathon 2026

Emil Gyllenberg joins me today. He is the chief organiser of the Stockholm FotoMaraton, a 24 hour event taking place in August. I had never heard of such a thing, people

Jul 29
1 h 03 min

Episode 124 - Mike Chudley

This week I’m joined by Mike Chudley, a Photographer and YouTuber based in the UK. We begin talking about other creators we admire and spoke as he was putting the finishi

Jul 26
55 min

Week of Walks Episode 5

This week we’re releasing a short daily episode to remind you to get out and make some images. We hope you’ll join us over on Patreon and share the images you make. http

Jul 24

Week of Walks Episode 4

This week we’re releasing a short daily episode to remind you to get out and make some images. We hope you’ll join us over on Patreon and share the images you make. http

Jul 23

Week of Walks Episode 3

This week we’re releasing a short daily episode to remind you to get out and make some images. We hope you’ll join us over on Patreon and share the images you make. http

Jul 22

Week of Walks Episode 2

This week we’re releasing a short daily episode to remind you to get out and make some images. We hope you’ll join us over on Patreon and share the images you make. http

Jul 21

Week of Walks Episode 1

This week we’re releasing a short daily episode to remind you to get out and make some images. We hope you’ll join us over on Patreon and share the images you make. http

Jul 20

Episode 123 - Nicklas Pettersson

Nicklas Pettersson is a Danish photographer whose work I discovered by way of the Widelux camera he has used to photograph the front lines in Ukraine. Support the show o

Jul 19
1 h 01 min

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3
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