Film images is way from out of date – and Mandy Izquierdo (aka Mandyleft) reveals how one can grasp it at present.
The skilled movie photographer makes a speciality of demanding genres like vogue and documentary. At The Photography & Video Show 2026, she’s going to lead two classes on the skilled use of movie, sharing workflows, tools decisions, movie shares, processing methods, and scanning strategies.
“I’ll explain workflows and options, and answer practical questions about using film for professional projects,” she says – a must-attend for photographers desirous to deliver movie into their fashionable workflow.
Mandy Izquierdo’s talks
1) Building a movie workflow that works for purchasers
Monday March 16 2026 – 15:00 – 15:30 – Analogue Stage
In this session, Mandy will take you thru the whole means of utilizing movie for skilled work. She’ll cowl how to decide on the suitable digicam format and movie inventory for a selected job, plan and price range for movie shoots, and handle the method from publicity to supply.
She’ll additionally present completely different choices for processing, scanning and modifying, giving perception on selecting the workflow that most closely fits your wants.
2) How a collective can take your movie images additional
Tuesday March 17 2026 – 14:00 – 14:30 – Analogue Stage
Would you want to assist form the way forward for movie images? In this session, Mandy will share the story of the neighborhood she based – SolelyFilms.
From its beginnings as a small group of movie photographers, Mandy will talk about the way it has grown into an area for collaboration, occasions, podcasts and dialogue round analogue images.
Sharing her imaginative and prescient for the place SolelyFilms goes, from studying and sharing to skilled improvement, Mandy will invite you to affix her, and uncover how collaboration can strengthen your artistic voice, and provide a wealthy supply of contacts and alternatives.
Find extra info on The Photography & Video Show website
Gear + Insights
I do not use digital cameras in my photographic work, though I’ve not too long ago bought a digital digicam particularly for scanning movie, attempting it as an alternative choice to flatbed scanning.
I develop and scan my black and white movie myself, and I spend numerous time printing within the darkroom, which is an important a part of my follow.
The cameras I exploit most are the Rolleiflex 2.8, Canon EOS-1V, and Pentax 6×7, though I additionally work with 4×5 utilizing my Zone VI giant format digicam.
I’m additionally a little bit of a digicam collector and luxuriate in studying via experimenting with completely different movie cameras.
In phrases of up to date instruments, I work with studio flash and likewise take pleasure in taking pictures Polaroid and Instax, which I actively use in my tasks.
I recurrently organise exhibitions to point out and share my work, and I’ve expertise main neighborhood images tasks, in addition to organising and delivering workshops and occasions for movie photographers.
I’m at the moment organising an occasion for filmmakers and movie photographers in collaboration with The Garden Cinema in London, which can happen on February 20.
Mandy is a movie photographer with a give attention to vogue, identification, and cultural heritage. Her work explores the intersection of custom and up to date follow, combining classic and fashionable methods. She develops and prints her work within the darkroom and leads workshops to share her experience with fellow photographers.
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