A new magazine about the practice, culture, tools, and continuing life of film photography.
We spend time with Nikon's last great enthusiast film body, which is too modern to be loved, but too capable to be ignored, and ask who it actually makes sense for now.
A tank, a few chemicals, controlled time and temperature: everything you need to process your first roll at home, understand the basic workflow, and choose a developer that fits the way you work.
Flatbed, dedicated scanner, camera scan, or lab, the best way to digitize film depends on what you shoot, how much control you want, and where you’re willing to spend your time and money.
We map what a serious beginner needs to know before a first 4×5 — the working system, the sequence of one exposure, and the honest costs — so the decision to start is an informed one.
The Archives of American Art has the whole transcript online, free, and Callahan answers most of the questions about his own working method in a sentence or two.
A thirteen-minute television interview from 1996. We keep going back to what DeCarava says about sharpness, about working in the dark, and about the one subject he never managed to photograph.
Grainpress is built to be read publicly, returned to regularly, and supported by readers who want serious work in film photography to exist and improve.
