Agent Shadow’s testers well and truly span the globe, with rolls being snapped by photographers from Japan to Kazakhstan and Singapore to Finland.
In California, we enlisted the help of two mysterious agents known for their enduring dedication to all things analogue.
Their names? Well, they’re clearly contained in a file marked “Top Secret”. All we know is that their consignment of Agent Shadow was used to take a series of very film noir portraits. Practice for a deep cover mission somewhere east of the Vistula? We will await further transmissions…
Agent 1
Who are you and where do you live?
Film photographer in Southern California
How long have you been into film photography?
Three years.
Are you regular b&w shooters?
I shoot both colour and black & white.
What are your favourite cameras and films?
Don’t have a favourite camera, but lean towards 35mm.
What do you normally shoot?
Minolta XD11, CineStill 800t or XX, Kodak Ektar or T-Max.
How did you find Agent Shadow to shoot?
Loved it, great texture.
Talk us through the shoot you did…
I’d love to, but then I’d have to kill you.
Anything else you want to try with it? (Pushing it further, night-time shoots etc)
That’s classified.
Agent 2
Who are you and where do you live?
Agent Golannaxor, a film photographer in the California Desert.
How long have you been into film photography?
Four years.
Are you regular b&w shooters?
I shoot black and white. Though my shadow agent Roxannalog shoots colour.
What are your favourite cameras and films?
Camera: Canon AE1
Film: CineStill 800, Kodak TMax
What do you normally shoot?
I normally shoot CineStill 800 or TMax 400.
How did you find Agent Shadow to shoot?
The grain was smooth and the detail was remarkable.
Talk us through the shoot you did.
I was sworn to secrecy.
Anything else you want to try with it?
I would like to take this film to the city. New York at night.
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I'm a New Zealander who has been living in London since the mid-1990s, shooting film seriously since the year 2000. Kosmo Foto was launched in 2012 and has since become a film brand, with the release of my first films Kosmo Foto Mono 35mm (2017) and Kosmo Foto Mono 120 (2019).
I’m doing everything I can to promote film photography in the 21st Century, and help it survive and thrive. If you want to write something for Kosmo Foto, please drop me a line at foto.dowling@gmail.com.
I love these portraits and the shades! Can’t wait to complete my Agent Shadow assignment!