ABOUT
Founded in 2018 as a passion project by four friends, Analog Forever Magazine has become the world’s premier journal of contemporary film and analog photography. Though we have grown substantially, our mission statement hasn’t changed:
We aim to provide a global audience to established and emerging photographers who use analog processes and techniques for their photographic work by giving them a voice via a biannual print photography journal, online features and interviews, book reviews, and online exhibitions.
Now that we have published 8 Print Editions, 100+ articles online, and years of online group exhibitions, we feel confident in saying we have achieved our mission and now live it every day.
OUR TEAM
Michael Behlen: Founder and Publisher
Michael Behlen is an instant film addict and the founder and publisher of Analog Forever Magazine. 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 published in 2020 by Static Age.
Behlen’s Polaroid photography can be found in various publications including Diffusion Magazine, Fraction Magazine, Seities Magazine, and Polaroid Now (Chronicle Books, 2021). 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 Michael Behlen on his Website and on Instagram!
Niniane Kelley: Writer and Curator
Niniane Kelley is a fine art photographer living and working in San Francisco and Lake County, California. A native of the Bay Area, she has a BFA in Photography from San Jose State University.
Drawn to photography for both the immediacy of the image making process and the intrinsic alchemy of the darkroom ritual, she crafts the majority of her imagery using traditional 19th century processes which give each piece its own unique character.
She has previously worked in fine art photography galleries and was a photographer and manager at the San Francisco tintype studio Photobooth. She teaches photography workshops in the Bay Area and surrounding environs.
Connect with Niniane Kelley on her Website, Twitter, and Instagram!
Michael Kirchoff: Editor in Chief
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.
Carsten Steinhausen: Print Edition Designer
Carsten Steinhausen received his professional training in lithography, graphic design and pre-press in Germany. He started his own company DesignCSC back in Germany in the 1990’s and worked for advertising agencies in both Europe and the United States before relocating to Los Angeles in 2000. Since then, his focus has been on providing digital retouching and photo compositing services for editorial, entertainment and advertising campaigns (products, cars, beauty, movie/tv posters and fashion to name a few) as well as the music industry. He has collaborated with artists and publishers on several outstanding book projects where his skills cover a variety of tasks, from simple image optimization to book design to pre-press operation and press check.
Connect with Carsten Steinhausen on his Website and Instagram!
Lisa Toboz: Writer and Copy Editor
Lisa Toboz is a self-taught, Pittsburgh-based artist with a background in writing and literature. Her work explores self-portraiture and creativity as a form of healing using various Polaroid cameras and film. She is inspired by vernacular photography, Victorian spirit photography, and ‘70s supernatural movies, as well as reading fiction. Her recent photo books include Dwell (Polyseme, 2020) and The Long Way Home (Static Age UK, 2018). Her Polaroid photography can be found in various publications including LENSCRATCH, the cover of Reed Magazine Issue 156, SHOTS Magazine, as a featured artist in She Shoots Film: Self Portraits, and Polaroid Now (Chronicle Books, 2021). An editor by trade, she has exhibited internationally and is represented by Instantdreams Gallery (Palm Springs, CA).
Victoria Kosel: Social Media and Community Manager
Victoria Kosel is a Minneapolis-based photographic artist. She is currently working as the Social Media and Community Manager for Analog Forever Magazine. She earned her BFA degree at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls in 2021 with a primary emphasis in Photography, accompanied by secondary emphasis areas in Art History, Graphic Design, and Ceramics. Currently, she is working on a Certificate in Social Media Marketing.
Lynn Bierbaum: Writer and Curator
Lynn Bierbaum is an alternative photographer and glass artist, currently working as a writer and curator for Analog Forever Magazine while also working for glass studios across the country. She has curated online exhibitions through Analog Forever Magazine and studio assisted for Jill Enfield at Penland School of Craft. Lynn has extensive experience as an emerging artist with successfully submitting artwork to gallery exhibitions and publications.
Laura Barth: Digital Communications Consultant
Laura Barth is an artist, musician, and horticulturist currently living in the mountains of North Carolina. She works in the language of photography while incorporating multiple media in her images, including graphite, charcoal, watercolor and acrylic paints, block printing, and ephemeral botanical samples. Originally from the Midwest, Laura currently exhibits her work at Calendula gallery in St. Paul, MN and has had pieces published and exhibited across the country.
Laura became passionate about analog and instant photography because of its unique ability to capture moods, feelings, and memories, as well as the freedom it allows for creative experimentation, physical manipulation and incorporation of mixed media. She is drawn to intuitive and experimental approaches that create unpredictable results and imperfections in the final image, inviting the viewer to fill in the blanks with their own experiences.
Sam Sanders: Partnership Consultant
Sam Sanders is an experimental photographer who is currently based in Washington state. She delights in breaking the rules of her foundations in traditional photographic processes - inviting chance and embracing where things may go awry. She's enamored with the tangible and methodical nature of analog photography, yet the spontaneity of alternative printing processes like emulsion transfers and cyanotypes captivate her heart. Her focus is in blending medium format analog photography, experimental printing processes, and constructed image-making to create ephemeral and surreal works of art.
Sam received her BA in Interdisciplinary Art and Design with a focus in Photography at the Lamar Dodd School of Art (University of Georgia). Her work has been selected for exhibit in several galleries, as well as being featured in magazines and online exhibitions.
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