30: Nicky Hamilton crafts cinematic fine-art photography from personal stories; Kim Bunermann on the Kodak Charmera and the compact camera comeback

The Photography & Video Show Podcast, Season 3 Episode 7
Published on Thursday, 5th February 2026

In this episode: 

📸 Fine art photographer Nicky Hamilton shares his intensely personal, cinematic approach to photography - from his breakthrough project "The Lonely Man," a three-and-a-half-year exploration of his childhood relationship with his father, to his meticulously crafted set builds like The Canton House restaurant recreation in “Take Me Away”. 

📷 Digital Camera World’s Kim Bunermann discusses the surprising resurgence of compact cameras, exploring how everything from nostalgic Kodak “toy” cameras to professional medium-format compacts are reshaping the market.

Links:

• Kim Bunermann - Digital Camera World: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/uk/author/kim-bunermann
• Best selling cameras in Japan: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/this-compact-camera-is-1-on-japans-yearly-best-selling-charts-but-now-sales-are-suspended-and-no-mirrorless-camera-made-the-list 
• Kodak Charmera compact camera: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/kodak-charmera-compact-camera-review-this-retro-key-ring-digicam-is-a-real-charmer
• Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/instant-cameras/fujifilm-instax-mini-evo-cinema-review
• Ricoh GR IV monochrome compact camera: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/ricoh-gr-iv-monochrome-compact-camera-goes-all-in-on-black-and-white-with-a-built-in-red-filter-for-stormy-skies
• Nicky Hamilton: https://www.nickyhamilton.com/ 
• The Lonely Man: https://www.nickyhamilton.com/projects/the-lonely-man 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Coming up
• 1:41 Compact cameras are back!
• 11:40 Kodak Charmera
• 17:54 New compact camera releases for 2026
• 25:00 Nicky Hamilton
• 28:37 The Lonely Man
• 35:15 Take Me Away
• 42:06 From ad agency to fine art photographer
• 46:12 Tokyo 4am
• 48:18 Hope
• 50:43 Mental health themes in photography
• 1:04:51 In-person show details and competition