Over Fred Baggen Photography

Around age 8 or 9, I was given a plastic toy camera, probably one of the then popular Diana models. There is one photo of our family where I wear that camera on a strap around my neck. That was 1976. Photos taken with that camera are in one or two of our family photo albums. These photos are grainy, unsharp and include light leakage.

In my teens, I used my father’s 1938 Nettar Zeiss Ikon, and later I bought my own Pentax MG with a zoom lens, and years later, I purchased a 1969 Hasselblad 500C, and after that a Leica M3, and also digital camera’s: Fujifilm X100T (pictured in the mirror profile photo) and a Sony A7RII. My latest purchase is… a Holga 120S. Back to grainy, unsharp and including light leakage!

My preferred film stock, by the way, is Cinestill 800T for colour (both natural light and artificial light), and Ilford 3200 ISO and Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO for black & white.

Ervaring

Experienced in portrait / fashion, concert / band photography, urban & travel. I've been doing this for years.

Wenslijst

Although the above information is in English, my native language is Dutch. I'd like to expand my portrait / fashion portfolio. As you can see in my photos, I prefer analogue, using artistic films like Cinestill and good old grainy 3200 ASA.