I started shooting a long-term project this week documenting the Isle of Man fishing industry, I hope to be out with various trawlers over the next 8 to 12 months. I started the project by going out on the MFV Serpico, a small scallop dredger based in Douglas, skippered by Juan Canipa, it was an amazing experience, although I did suffer badly with sea-sickness (as you can see from the photo below, I spent a fair amount of time trying to die). I was given a lot of advice regarding sea-sickness prevention, all of which I ignored, to my detriment. For the whole trip, Juan kept telling me I’d find my sea legs, I looked everywhere for 15 hours and never saw any spare legs. Next week I’ll be taking every sickness pill known to mankind.
I’d planned to shoot this project entirely on digital, however, I did shoot a couple of rolls of 35mm film using Olympus Mju and a Ricoh GR1s compacts. I really like the results, so I’m kind over wondering whether to shoot on film instead? The main motivation would be the look and the quality of film, but another factor would be financial – a few months at sea is going to kill my two Nikon DSLRS, replacing them would cost about £8000. Replacing a film compact would cost £30…
All the images here, apart from the one of me dead in the wheelhouse, were made using the two compacts and Agfa Vista+ 200 35mm film. 
Phil Kneen 
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