{"id":825678,"date":"2026-05-27T14:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/825678\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:20:20","slug":"ilford-and-expired-film-club-get-into-the-world-cup-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/825678\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilford and Expired Film Club Get Into the World Cup Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/expired-film-club-ilford-featured-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"Six boxes and two rolls of Ilford black and white film, labeled as football collectors edition, are arranged in two rows. The boxes feature vintage football match photos and different Ilford film types.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-856202\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Harman Technology, among the world\u2019s largest makers of analog photo films, darkroom papers, and photo chemicals, has announced new limited-edition, football- (or soccer-) themed packaging for two of its most popular 35mm films, just in time for the World Cup, which kicks off in just a few weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Harman teamed up with famous sports photographer, Miles Myerscough-Harris, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/expiredfilmclub.com\/en-us\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">Expired Film Club<\/a>, to emblazon the packaging for limited edition Ilford HP5+ and Ilford XP2 Super film cartons with Myerscough-Harris\u2019 incredible monochrome photos. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple of years ago we released limited-edition retro packaging for our HP5+ and FP4+ films and the feedback from the community was fantastic. Film shooters by their very nature are collectors and wanted more,\u201d says Giles Branthwaite, Sales and Marketing Director, Harman Technology Ltd. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a World Cup around the corner, and as a company full of football (soccer) fans, we wanted to celebrate football fever by teaming up with Miles on this project,\u201d Branthwaite adds. <\/p>\n<p>The limited-edition films featuring Expired Film Club\u2019s photos are available starting today through film retailers worldwide, and will remain available for the next few months. <\/p>\n<p>Myerscough-Harris has done many incredible analog photography projects in recent years, amassing millions of followers across social media. Just recently, the photographer took a 130-year-old panoramic film camera to historic Old Trafford in Manchester, England, to photograph a match between Manchester United and Liverpool as if it were 1894. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYzZZ5MoCVZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2024, Myerscough-Harris made global headlines after he used a No. 4 Cartridge Kodak camera from 1897 to <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2024\/03\/14\/film-photographer-recreates-100-year-old-soccer-team-photo-on-antique-camera\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recreate a century-old soccer team portrait<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the other photographers think I\u2019m mental to even try to use film cameras at a sports event nowadays, but I love the challenge and the results,\u201d Myerscough-Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2023\/09\/22\/photographer-shoots-sports-on-film-cameras-other-pros-think-hes-crazy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told PetaPixel in 2023<\/a>. \u201cAnd walking around with a film camera is a surefire way to get members of the crowd coming up to ask questions, but I really like it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Photographers can borrow a bit of the renowned photographer\u2019s spirit and boldness by buying the new Ilford HP5+ and Ilford XP2 Super film cartons with Myerscough-Harris\u2019 photos on the packaging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credits:<\/strong> Harman Technology Ltd., Miles Myerscough-Harris <\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harman Technology, among the world\u2019s largest makers of analog photo films, darkroom papers, and photo chemicals, has announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":825679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[117870,141212,4585,648,1032,1033,171,233191,1020,1318,339123,339124,339125,40367,233192,221,339126,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-825678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-35mm","tag-35mmfilm","tag-analog","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-expiredfilmclub","tag-film","tag-football","tag-ilford","tag-ilfordhp5p","tag-ilfordxp2","tag-limitededition","tag-milesmyerscoughharris","tag-soccer","tag-specialedition","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116646984254435040","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}