We are excited to announce that our November 2021 online group exhibition, “Photographic Mysticism,” is being curated by fine art photographer and founder of Analog Forever Magazine, Michael Behlen! To enter, all you need to do is read and respond to the following prompt with your analog photography. The best of these images will be showcased in an online show, beginning November 15th, 2021. Good luck!

Michael Behlen writes:

Mysticism is the belief that spiritual truths can be known through individual insight, rather than by reasoning or study. Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, there is no denying that there is a specific yet indescribable feeling that takes over when you are behind the lens of a film camera. It allows you to see the world and yourself in ways that are only revealed while engaged in the act of photographic creation. I invite you to submit a photograph that embodies this process of discovery. It could be a photograph taken during a great realization or one that grants one to the viewer, as long as it was shot on film or created with an analog process.

Deadline for Submissions is October 31st, 2021

About the Curator

Michael is an instant film addict, independent curator, and the founder and publisher of Analog Forever Magazine. For the last 6 year years, he has become a serial community organizer involved in independent publishing projects which previously included PRYME Magazine and PRYME Editions, two enterprises dedicated to the art of instant film. Through these endeavors, he has featured and published 250+ artists from around the globe via his print and online publications.

He has self-published two Polaroid photobooks -“Searching for Stillness, Vol. 1” and “I Was a Pioneer,” literally a boxed set of his instant film work. His latest book, Searching for Stillness Vol II, was released by Static Age in 2019. He has been published, interviewed, and reviewed in a quantity of magazines and online publications, from F-Stop and Blur Magazine to the Diffusion Annual Journal and Fraction Magazine. He loves the magic sensuality of instant film: its saturated, surreal colors; the unpredictability of the medium; its addictive qualities as you watch it develop. He spends his time shooting instant film and backpacking in the California wilderness, usually a combination of the two.

Connect with Michal on his Website and Instagram!

Submission Guidelines: 

Image Specifications:
1) Only .jpg files will be accepted.
2) Images must be 1500px on the shortest side at 72dpi.
3) No photo-shopped borders or watermarks. 
4) Only one image may be submitted.
5) Image must be named in the following format: “FirstNameLastName1.jpg”, etc.

Email Specifications:
1) The subject line of your email should state: "Submission: Photographic Mysticism”
2) Please ATTACH your images to the email. Do not embed them. Do not attach a google drive or dropbox link. 
3) Please do not send PDF or Text Files. Please put all information into the body of the email.

Specific information needed for each Submission:
1) Your name as you would like it to appear.
2) The Camera and Process used to create your images.
3) Title of your photograph. Write out each title exactly as you would like it to appear.
4) Email Address in the text of the email.
5) The Website Address you would like your images linked to.

Send your submission to submissions@analogforevermagazine.com by October 31st, 2021.

Note: Due to the large number of submissions we receive you may not receive a response. Though we try our best to respond to everyone, we do not guarantee a response. Thank you for understanding.

Copyright Information:

By submitting photos for publication in Analog Forever Magazine you are stipulating to us that you own copyright to these photographs or have permission from the copyright holder to submit these photographs. You are granting Analog Forever Magazine a non-exclusive license to use the photograph in its submitted form, subject to re-sizing to fit the magazine format, for publication on the Analog Forever Magazine website for as long as the website exists. You also grant Analog Forever Magazine permission to use these photographs on social media accounts connected to Analog Forever Magazine including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Should you, for any reason, wish your photographs to be removed from the website, we will make every effort to do so. However, please note also that third parties such as educational institutions, search engines or individuals may download, save, store or archive this (or any other) website with or without our knowledge. Analog Forever Magazine will have no control over such downloading and subsequent use and therefore cannot accept responsibility for any such use.