At the dawn of photography our hopes and sights were set on finding the science that would allow us to produce an image with light and to display the latent image. It was the inquisitive scientific mind, the human hand and creative ideas that furthered the Art of Photography. In the world of today current photographic technology and past process discoveries are merging and we see creative photographic works that use both modern resources and the touch of the human hand with historical photographic processes. 

LightBox Photographic Gallery and Analog Forever Magazine have forged a partnership with The Analog Forever Exhibit. We wish to celebrate the lessons we have learned, the processes we have discovered and the paths we have forged in the Inaugural Analog Forever Gallery Exhibit. The work in this exhibit all includes an analog element of photographic means. It can start in an analog manner or medium or it may include any of the same throughout the process, or just the final piece may be a analog photographic print. There must be at least one analog element in the creative process. Our hope for the exhibition is that stirs the soul and the senses.

Congratulations to the Photographers accepted into The Analog Forever Exhibit:

Rüdiger Beckmann • Tom Trusty (@tmtrusty) • Eric McCollum • Sarah Grew (@sarah.grew)
Dave Levingston • Leah Macdonald (@leahwax1) • Megan Bent (@m_e_g_g_i_e_b) • Max Hinz
Jessica Somers (@zziagirl) • Bridget Conn (@bridgetconn) • Donald MacDonald • David White
Luna Hao (@luna___hao) • Tracy Longley-Cook (@tlongleycook) • Sally Chapman (@sallychapmannow)
Liz Potter (@lizpotterphotography) • Margaret Kaufmann (@marky.ek) • Vanessa Powell (@vanessalpowell)
Matt Ragen (@mattragen) • Virgil DiBiase (@_vdibiase) • Harley Cowan • Geof Stone • Kate Copeland
Kathryn Elsesser (@kathrynelsesserphotography) • Amee Ellis (@ameeellis) • Nicholas Woltersdorf (@illusionofprivacy)
Allan Barnes (@barnesfoto) • Aidan Avery (@aidanaveryphoto) • Izabella Cookson • Loren Nelson • Ronald Butlef

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Michael Kirchoff is a photographic artist, independent curator and juror, and advocate for the photographic arts. He has been a juror for Photolucida’s Critical Mass, and has reviewed portfolios for several fine art photographic organizations and non-profits in the U.S. and abroad. Michael has been a contributing writer for Lenscratch, Light Leaked, and Don’t Take Pictures magazine. In addition, he spent ten years (2006-2016) on the Board of the American Photographic Artists in Los Angeles (APA/LA), producing artist lectures, as well as business and inspirational events for the community. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief at Analog Forever Magazine, Founding Editor for the photographer interview site, Catalyst: Interviews, Contributing Editor at One Twelve Publishing, and the Co-Host of The Diffusion Tapes podcast.

 Connect with Michael Kirchoff on his Website and Instagram!