Paris in Black and White

Shooting the City of Light on a roll of negative B&W film

Paris en noir et blanc. All photos in this article by William Sidnam

When I arrived in Paris in March 2020, I brought some rolls of 35mm film with me. In summer 2020, while I was jobless and pretty hopeless, I began shooting a roll of Fuji Neopan Acros 100 (35mm) on my Olympus mju ii.

Having bought the film stock from a store in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, I had never shot it before and so I was curious to see what results it would bring.

Besides the slower, more meditative approach to shooting, what I like about film photography is the fact that you have no idea how your images will turn out. You simply press the shutter, send your roll to a darkroom and then hope for the best.