The Lensless and Lo-Fi Podcast

Stephen Dowling - Journalist, New Zealander but living in the UK for many years may be best known to many as the man behing Kosmo Foto.We chat about the origins of the brand, the evolution into film distribrution, that unique Soviet era design, the Advance / Rewing blog and the difficulties that he faces for the furure.There will be a part 2 in January where we focus more on his cameras, travelsand photography.

December 2022 was the last time we had Corey as a host and that was on the old Lensless Podcast.Well he is back and wonderful it is too....

Andy Chesterman's You Tube videos are fun and infectious and we finally managed to get him onto the podcast for a chat.It was intended to be gear heavy but we strayed into mindfulness and being at one with the landscape.Thanks Andy....https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgxTlxpVph8cMcYzD-3vBQ

It's been nearly a year since John and I spoke with Becky, the episode was cut short as her phone overheated but, we have her back.In a "Johnless" show we chat about film workflow when going on a trip, Becky's recent mega road trip along the Mississippi River and much more.

Been a little while since we have had James on the show.Live from his workshop in France we chat about upgrades to cameras, his Chemigram work and more.

Andrew is joined by Toronto based photographer John Alton in a wide ranging conversation about meaning in photography and his use of LoFi and pinhole cameras to invoke a memory of a place or a moment.To quote John - "I'm curious about photography in all its forms, why we make images and its connection to memory and history"

John and I first became aware of Bostonian Lisa Tang Liu from her entry into the 2025 pinhole category of Holga week where we awarded her an honourable mention, though it was hard to choose between all three entries.Lisa is a photography based mixed media artist and we spend time exploring in particular her body of work called "Self Reconstructed"

We finally have enough email correspondence to read out on a show and take a bit of a dive into our Flickr group.

George Griffin aka Flaneur on the streets, joins john and Andrew to chat about "The magnificent 7" - cemerteries in London, New Jersey Pinhole Club, Sprockets, Holga week, WWPD 2026 and much more....

Another varied conversation around lensless and lofi photography but as ever we deviate down other one way streets, often against the flow of traffic.