SilvergrainClassics Issue 25 (Winter 2024)

Featuring: THE FUTURE OF FILM — new films, products, and investment point to a bright future for analog photography — plus READER PORTFOLIOS showing how film photography continues to evolve today.

• Celebrating Issue 25
Reader portfolios, new ideas, and a look ahead celebrate twenty-five issues of SilvergrainClassics and the community shaping the future of film.

• The Future of Traditional Photography
Bruce Barnbaum looks ahead by drawing on the lessons of photography's past.

• The Future of Film
New films, new products, and fresh investment show that the future of analog photography is still being written.

• The Original Slide Experience
Home processing with ADOX's new E6 kit and the unique experience of slide projection bring color transparencies back into the spotlight.

• Film Beyond the Still Image
Maksim Karpenko's innovative Super 16 conversion makes motion picture film more accessible than ever.

• The Leica AF-C1
Can an overlooked point-and-shoot compete with today's most sought-after compact cameras? Charys Schuler finds out.

• Expired, Not Finished
Mike Crawford shows how old photographic paper can still produce beautiful and unexpected results.

• Community in Focus
From international Leica events to local film photography meetups, discover why community remains one of analog photography's greatest strengths.

• Six Reader Portfolios
Selected from our special anniversary call for entries, six photographers from Europe and North America offer a glimpse into the future of film photography.