SilvergrainClassics Issue 12 (Autumn 2021)

Featuring: STANLEY KUBRICK — how his years as a photojournalist shaped one of cinema's greatest visual styles — plus THE AMERICAN WEST, authentic perspectives from working cowboys and Navajoland.

• • Stanley Kubrick at LOOK
    Kubrick's years as a photojournalist reveal the compositional eye that would later define his films.

  • John Langmore & LeRoy DeJolie
    An authentic look at working cowboys and Navajoland by photographers with deep roots in both.

  • Photographing Strangers
    Andrew Sanderson shares practical techniques for approaching people, earning trust, and making stronger environmental portraits.

  • VALOI 360 Film Holder
    We test one of the first modular camera-scanning systems built for everyone from newcomers to professional film users.

  • The Contact Sheet
    The simplest way to edit a roll of film still ranks among photography's most useful darkroom techniques.

  • Weird Vintage Lenses
    Strange bokeh and unexpected flare have given unusual vintage lenses a new following.

  • Passing Down Analog Knowledge
    Cameras can be repaired and film can be manufactured, but knowledge must be passed from one generation to the next.

  • More Inspiring Portfolios
    Keith Canisius Baerken, Jean Luc Feixa, and Mohan Bhasker reveal very different ways of seeing the world, from quiet personal landscapes to sweeping panoramas.