Absolute Analog 2nd edition

Working with film and manual cameras opens up creative scope and makes the craftsmanship of photography understandable from the ground up. With this book, Monika Andrae and Chris Marquardt from absolutanalog.de share their knowledge and experience and give you an intensive introduction to the world of analogue photography.

They wrote it for anyone curious who would enjoy rediscovering photography in 35mm, medium or even large format. Andrae and Marquardt explain different films and their areas of application, what you need to consider when buying a used camera, how to develop black and white, color and slide film at home, scan the negatives, print them out as photos and present them appropriately. They also teach you everything you need to know about manual exposure metering, the imaging behavior of films, different developing processes, correct archiving and playful, creative work with pinhole and toy cameras, as well as expired films.

Whether you want to ditch the digital ballast and concentrate more on photography again, whether you want to further develop your technical skills or are looking for new impulses for your photographic work - this book will give you a deep and practical introduction to analogue photography.

Monika Andrae / Chris Marquardt

Monika Andrae has dedicated herself to photography since the early 1990s. As a student, she spent a lot of time in the darkroom documenting the results of her photographic forays into silver. After her late switch to digital photography in 2005, she worked exclusively in 0s and 1s for a few years before falling in love with film again in 2010. It is important to her to make the increasingly technical world of photography a little less obsessed with technology. That's why she tries to make the world a bit more creative with her podcast "Monis Motivklingel". She also produces other podcasts and hosts workshops on analog photography with Chris Marquardt.

You can find more about Monika Andrae's podcasts and projects at www.monikaandrae.com.

Chris Marquardt is a photographer and co-founder of the ≫Happy Shooting≪ photo podcast. On his photo trips around the world, he brings interested people closer to photography in exciting surroundings. Together with Monika Andrae, he has repeatedly brought photographers to all three base camps of Mt. Everest at the highest photo workshop in the world. True to his maxim ≫You don't learn to ride a bike from books≪, his events are geared towards understanding. Chris Marquardt also produces the English-language program ≫Tips from the Top Floor≪, where he answers photography questions and discusses his views on photography for an international audience. As the ≫Photo Guy≪, he explains photography to an American audience of millions every weekend on Leo Laporte's ≫Tech Guy Radio Show≪.