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.