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Analog Sparks Awards 2025 Reveals 32 Of The Most Stunning Film Photos Of The Year

Analog Sparks Awards 2025 Reveals 32 Of The Most Stunning Film Photos Of The Year

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Celebrate the rich, tactile beauty of analog photography and the artists who continue to push the boundaries of film-based storytelling. From timeless portraits to surreal landscapes, this year's selection showcases the very best in analog image-making.

#21 There Should Be A Forest Here By Benito Drebing, Germany

Foggy forest scene with tree stumps and tall trunks captured in warm tones in an analog photo from the 2025 awards.
"Forests in Germany are increasingly vulnerable. Climate change impacts are becoming more visable every year and could become more severe."
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8points

#22 Echoes Of Nature: Flora In Ambrotype By Dmytro Trush, Ukraine

Black and white analog photo of dried lotus seed pods showcasing texture and detail at the 2025 Analog Sparks Awards.
"The 'Flora in Ambrotype' project offers a unique perspective on nature. The antique ambrotype technique, known for its depth and texture, captures botanical forms with striking clarity, giving them an almost tangible volume."
8points

#23 Them By Jose Girl, United States

Two people embracing in a black and white analog photo featured in the 2025 Analog Sparks Awards.
"Portrait shot in medium format analog camera"
7points

#24 Oasis By Sebastian Siadecki, United States

Man in a car lighting a cigarette with a lighter held by another person, captured in an analog photo at night
"Oasis is a series of photographs based around encounters with strangers at gas stations, truck stops, and highway rest areas in the United States – spaces that are simultaneously on the margins of our built environment, yet central to American society and culture."
7points

#25 Granules By Kostis Karampinas, Greece

Foggy rural field with a person inspecting an orange car, showcasing the best analog photos from Analog Sparks Awards.
"Embark on a visual odyssey through rural Greece with my collection of 11 photographs. These evocative landscapes and portraits convey “granules’ of solitude, abandonment and curiosity, where time stands still."
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7points

#26 The Beauty Of Simple Moments By Fabio Bonatti, Italy

Group of people cliff diving and watching on rocky shore in an analog photo capturing summer moments and excitement.
"My love for photography is tied up with my passion for travels. It all started with landscapes, and the more I grow the more is shifting towards people and little details. I just love photographing people in their environment, the beauty of simple moments in the everyday life."
5points

#27 Inside, Out (From The Series) By Marta Berzina, Latvia

Abstract analog photo showing hands holding a dark circle in a grainy black and white film image at Analog Sparks Awards.
"This image is part of an ongoing series and film project titled Inside, Out, which explores the dualities embedded in human experience: the visible and the concealed, the internal and the external, stillness and movement, presence and absence."
5points

#28 Death Valley By Mickael Pouliquen, France

Analog photo of a vintage car with its hood open on a desert road, showcasing film photography quality.
"In Death Valley, Mickael Pouliquen offers an intimate journey through the Valley of Death — a scorching land where time seems suspended and every element — rock, dust, light — becomes a language of its own."
4points

#29 Everyone Is Icarus By Rachel Jump, United States

Black and white analog photo of a man by water with a hand on his shoulder, showcasing film photography art.
"This body of work focuses on the aftermath of my father’s genetic test results, which unveiled a hereditary disorder that heightens his, his children’s, susceptibility to cancer."
3points

#30 Crazy Horse Paris By Daria Troitskaia, Italy

Silhouettes of dancers captured in a striking black and white analog photo highlighting movement and form.
"This series documents the behind-the-scenes environment of Crazy Horse Paris. Captured in 2024 using a Leica M7 and Ilford HP5 film, the images provide a detailed examination of the preparation and dedication involved in each performance."
3points

#31 No One Is Coming To Save You By Kasia Jedrych-Waniek, Poland

Close-up analog photo of a shirtless person with tattoos and plant shadows, capturing the best of film photography creativity.
"No One is Coming to Save you is a photo project about what it means to be fully, physically, and emotionally exposed to the raw forces of nature—stripped of societal conditioning, cultural expectations, and the illusions of control."
3points

#32 Tunnels Of Refuge By Megan Sinclair, United States

Black and white analog photo art featuring a double portrait of a person in profile at the 2025 Analog Sparks Awards.
"In this three spread handmade book I examine my compulsion to safeguard emotion through physical layering of hand cut prints; allowing the reader to explore and unveil text and alterations of images in a tactile experience."
1point
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