Ioana Marinca

Mildly obsessed with photography since the age of 9, it’s been a slowly developing passion but consistently brewing in the background. The intention was always to capture a moment as it happened, never to intervene.

My family weren’t very happy with that style of pictures – their idea of family photos meant wearing your Sunday best and having a clean face. They still need convincing every now and then. Of all the pictures I’ve taken, my favourite is of my great-grandmother knitting in the same room she passed away in some years later.

More recently I’ve returned to analog as a complement to my digital pictures. I’m  proud to be an AllFormat collective member – an international group of 15 who promote analog photography. I develop film and print my own black and white pictures.

Some of the photographers who are a constant inspiration: Christopher Anderson, Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi, Sohrab Hura, Vanessa Winship, Don McCullin, Gabrielle Duplantier, James Moreton, Graciela Magnoni, Matt Stuart.

Locations: London

Categories: Alternative process, Documentary, Fine Art, Portraiture, Social