Lars Wästfelt

PHOTO . May 21st, 2013

Interview of Lars Wästfelt – photographer from Stockholm, Sweden.

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Hi Lars, where are you right now ?

At my office in Stockholm and working on various web projects.

First off, can you introduce yourself ?

I’m a designer who have been photographing since I was a teenager. And I guess my photography have evolved in a positive manner since I became a father. And also partly due to flickr and all inspiration I find there.

The photos of your family are really touching. Is it easy to shoot your daughters on film ?

Thanks! Easy or not, to me it’s the only way to do it. I’ve tried a DSLR and rejected it… so, first and foremost, it’s fun to shoot film!

Can you tell us more about your Zeiss Ikon ?

Well, to me it’s world best camera, full stop. It does what a camera should do in the simplest way. The finder is greater than great and once you learned to focus you can do it easy in any light condition. I started my “rangefinder career” with a 35 mm and added a 25 mm and 50 mm later on. Today I use my 25 mm most of the time. Sometimes think a fast 28 would be perfect.

Do you use other cameras ?

Seldom. I have some beautiful cameras in the wardrobe, like Ricoh GR1, Canon T90 and a Mamiya 6.

How’s the life in Stockholm ?

Finally spring is here – so life is on top! :-)

Give us some photographers you like.

Carlito Schilirò, Anastasiya Lazurenko, Lukasz Wierzbowski, Mariana Pacho López, Hideaki Hamada, Valentina Castro, Sarah Kate Vuona among many, many others!