Victory Camera has become a national leader in vintage camera retail with both an online store and a brick-and-mortar shop located in Boulder, Colorado. We have over twenty years of experience and deep knowledge of film and digital cameras. Our inventory of vintage cameras covers all of the major lines and a variety of budgets, and our main purpose is to help people enjoy photography, whatever their interests or level of experience may be.
Here at Victory Camera, it is our belief that we are in a golden age of photography. For most, cell phones have taken the burden of practical and snapshot photography, leaving dedicated cameras to professionals and serious hobbyists. More and more, individuals pick up their cameras for the purpose of making art or appreciating a fine piece of equipment.
What’s more, high quality film cameras are plentiful and affordable. Many good cameras are under a hundred dollars, and even aspirational cameras are within reach for many.
Visit our showroom, call, or email. We would love to help you out.
Team
Joshua Cohen
Founder and Owner
Boulder native Joshua Cohen started Victory Camera in his Boulder apartment in 1999. The inventory fit in a small closet. At the time, Joshua could not afford the expensive (yet now, seemingly primitive) cameras available, so he shot pictures for the online store using film. The process was cumbersome (and involved many trips to the One Hour Lab), but the quality of Victory Camera’s photos set it apart from competitors. The business grew and Joshua opened a retail store in Lafayette in 2011 before moving to our current home in Boulder.
BTW: the camera really is that big. It is a factory model from Leica.
Sam Rawlins
Manager
Sam Rawlins is a filmmaker and photographer from the Boulder area. He fell into the hobby through long hikes in the woods with his grandfather, who always has a camera hanging from his hip. Sam's first camera, a small digital point and shoot, was a gift from his grandfather, and it became a quick addition to Sam's everyday carry.
Now, Sam shoots on the Hasselblad 500C/M, Sony a7riii, Nikon F2, and the Ursa Mini Pro G2. He enjoys taking portraits, product shots, and pictures of his dog, Winnie. Sam's other hobbies include skateboarding, watching movies, and reading.
You can find his pictures on his Instagram: @sam.r.rawlins and his website: www.samuelrawlins.com.
Natasha St Cyr
Shipping / Customer Service
Natasha St Cyr is a digital+film photographer, and has recently moved to Colorado. She loves working with other creative people: photographers, musicians, artists, dancers, entrepreneurs, and more. In her free time she enjoys taking her dog on long walks while capturing the local landscape on film (most likely using her childhood Polaroid).
Natasha uses a Mamiya 7 and Nikon FA as her main film cameras and Sony a7iv is her digital choice. But she always has a film point-and-shoot (currently a Fujifilm Discovery Panorama 312 Zoom) in her bag just in case. She also loves testing our gear on her photo walks.
You can find her work on her website https://www.natashastcyr.com/ or Instagram: @ntshstcr.
Dave Stoker
Sales / Marketing
Dave Stoker is a writer, filmmaker and photographer that studied at CU Boulder. While he mainly started filming his friends skateboarding with DV Handycams that his mother used to shoot home movies with... Later in college he was gifted a Canon AE1 to start shooting film. Since then Dave loves shooting Super 8mm with his Nizo, 16mm with a Bolex and has stuck to his roots and now owns 4 separate Canon AE1's for various purposes (like intentional light leaks). He also writes, produces and shoots digital short films as well as commercials.
Find his work at https://stoker.art or Instagram: @dave_stoker_.
Wren Kirkpatrick
Sales / Marketing
Wren Kirkpatrick is a self-taught photographer from Frederick, MD. She started out taking photos of friends in high school using a Canon T3i, and moved on to a Nikon D750 after a few years. Her first film camera was a Canon AE-1 Program.
Today she uses a Nikon F2 as her primary camera, alongside a Leica M4 and Mamiya C330. She is in the process of building a Mamiya RB67, and in her spare time enjoys learning how to fix broken cameras.
You can find her work on Instagram: @hlcyon.
Winnie
Security / Chemist
Makes sure customers are greeted and vetted at the door.
Also developing a secret future film stock called "Winnie-Pan 400",
release date unannounced.
