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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.

Chart trend

Position in the Visual Arts chart (US), last 90 days.

#8
all-time peak
3
days in the top 10 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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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

Episode 122 - Martina Trepczyk

Martina Trepczyk is a filmmaker and photographer who is most at home in the sea. We spoke just as the Leica SL3-P was launching about her own use of the SL system, using

Jul 12
1 h 03 min

Episode 121 - Philipp Reinhard

Philipp Reinhard is a German photographer who has spent his career traveling the world making commercial sports and product imagery. Like a lot of my favourite photograph

Jul 5
58 min

Episode 120 - Mark Forbes

Mark Forbes is a photographer with European roots now based in Australia. I came across his work quite by accident when looking at cool medium format photos and decided t

Jun 28
55 min

Episode 119 - Justin French

Justin French is a self taught photographer and director who has studied in London and is now based in New York. His work is beautiful, modern and textured with a style t

Jun 21
1 h 04 min

Alfie [BOXX] camera with Dave Faulkner

Dave Faulkner is a product designer and engineer turned camera maker. Having successfully released the Tych half frame film camera in 2022, he’s back with a new project,

Jun 17
29 min

Episode 118 - Tammie Joske

Tammie Joske is a photographer turned creator who has recently decided to go it alone and make videos about street and film photography. A friend of the show recommended

Jun 14
1 h 01 min

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