SilvergrainClassics Issue 11 (Summer 2021)

Featuring: WOMEN IN FILM PHOTOGRAPHY — from ZANA BRISKI, the Oscar®-winning photographer behind Born into Brothels, to SUSAN BURNSTINE’S dreamlike images created with homemade cameras.

• Women in Film Photography
  Five portfolio photographers join features on pioneer Frances Benjamin Johnston, women in analog filmmaking, and Arab women photographers, making women's perspectives one of the defining threads running through this issue.

• Zana Briski Beyond Born into Brothels
  The Oscar®-winning photographer discusses Widelux cameras, wildlife, bearograms, and the projects that followed her best-known work.

• Susan Burnstine's Dream Worlds
  Homemade cameras, recurring dreams, and deeply personal imagery have given Burnstine one of film photography's most distinctive visual voices.

• The Weston Heritage
  Charys Schuler traces three generations of the Weston family and their enduring influence on photographic art.

• Pentacon Six Revisited
  Why one of medium format's best-known SLR systems still deserves a place in today's film camera landscape.

• Create Your Own Film Emulsions
  Lina Bessonova explains how coating your own photographic materials opens new creative possibilities.

• Meyer Görlitz Retro Lenses
  Classic optical character returns with modern construction inspired by some of photography's most distinctive vintage lenses.

• Learning from the Masters
  Bruce Barnbaum, Christopher James, and Christopher Osborne share practical insight into photographic vision, darkroom craft, and building a meaningful body of work.