analogueNOW Festival 2026

Lectures, workshops, conferences, meet-ups and a market for analog photography around Fotogalerie Friedrichshain and Nirgendwo will turn Berlin into a meeting place for the scene for three days. Accompanying: the exhibition "Room for Doubt".

This spring, the analogue photography scene is turning its attention to Berlin:from 8 to 10 May 2026, the analogueNOW Festival will bring together photographers, collectives and photography enthusiasts from Berlin and all over Europe - for three days full of exchange, inspiration and the shared experience of analog photography. With artist talks, photography workshops and meet-ups, the festival creates space for dialog. Visitors can discover products and processes from various providers at the PhotoMarkt. The festival also offers a conference program in the middle of nowhere that highlights photography both as a craft and as a cultural practice. Experimental approaches will be presented, for example tri- and duo-tone cyanotypes with Sehera Nawaz, pin anima with Paweł Kulas or perspectives on queer photography with Rick Burger.

"ROOM FOR DOUBT" (May 9 - June 19, 2026)

A central part of the festival program is the exhibition "Room for Doubt" at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain. Works by up-and-coming photographers and photography students from Berlin collectives and educational institutions such as the Ostkreuzschule and the Lette Verein will be on display.

"Room for Doubt" celebrates the experimental spirit of analog photography - trial and error, open results and the creative potential of uncertainty - and invites the audience to question their own perception and to understand doubt as part of artistic practice.

Lectures (May 9, 2026)

Solarigraphy 2.0 by Maciej Zapiór
May 9, 14:00 - 14:30 in nowhere

Pinanima by Paweł Kula
May 9, 17:00 - 17:30 at Nowhere

Queer photography by Rick Burger
May 9, 17:45 - 18:15 at Nowhere

Workshops (May 9, 2026)

• Beginner's guide to photographic publishing (with Kate Schultze)

• The magic of Super 8 (with Dagie Brundert)

• Go blue! Cyanotype workshop (with Sabine Alex)

• Walk-in Camera Obscura (with Paweł Kula)

• Workshop on analog double exposure (with Laetitia Heisler) and solarigraphy (with Maciej Zapiór)

  ... and many more!

The workshops can be booked here.

Community Meet-ups (May 8 - 10, 2026)

• Photowalk by Filmriss: May 8, 18:00, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain

• Show & Tell: May 9, 15:00 - 17:00, Nowhere

• Super8 screening: May 9, 18:30, Nirgendwo

• Party by Safelight: May 9, 19:00 - 23:00, Nowhere

• Polaroid Photowalk: May 10, 12:00 - 14:00, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain

• Sonderfilmlab Photowalk: May 10, 14:00 - 16:00, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain

Participants of the PhotoMarkt

ADOX / FOTOIMPEX, Berlin/Bad Saarow; antonKUNZE GmbH, Hamburg; Analog Store BilderFürst, Fürth; Foto Meyer, Berlin; Fotopioniere, Berlin with JOBO International, Gummersbach; Heiland electronic GmbH, Wetzlar; Foto Kotti, Berlin

Festival dates: May 8-10, 2026

Exhibition ("Room for Doubt"): May 9 - June 19, 2026, opening May 8 19:00
PhotoMarket: May 9, 10:00 - 18:00
Opening: May 8, 2026, 19:00
Venues: Photo gallery Friedrichshain & Nowhere
Addresses: Helsingforser Platz 1 & Helsingforser Straße 10, 10243 Berlin

Free admission to the festival and exhibition. There is a participation fee for the workshops. Further information at analoguenow.com.

About analogueNOW

Founded in 2013, analogueNOW is a Berlin-based non-profit platform dedicated to the promotion and development of analog photography.

The initiative brings together artists, photographers, curators, educators and photography enthusiasts to strengthen analog practice through three central pillars:

1. Promoting emerging and established analog artists through exhibitions and artist talks

2. Bringing analog photography to a wider audience through workshops

3. Networking the Berlin analog scene and building international partnerships

analogueNOW is supported by the non-profit association Click e.V.