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Thank you to our community, contributors, and Supporting Members. A special thank you to everyone who contributed to AlternativePhotography.com with art, insights or knowledge in 2025! Your enthusiasm and support made everything possible.  What a year. A huge thank you to our Supporting Members – without you, we could not continue offering a free learning resource to artists worldwide. If you are not already a member, please consider joining or … Read more

After a busy and inspiring year filled with events, new ideas, and continuous learning, we hope you enjoy a well-deserved holiday break.   Before the year ends, we will publish the final instalment of our Cyanotype Series. We will kick off the new year, with: Launch our annual Calendar event Continue adding inspiring artwork to the gallery. See current work here Collaborate with artists and educators: Share more free learning … Read more

Thank you all artists and contributor for contributing to the website this year!

The use of AI-generated images in photography raises concerns. AlternativePhotography.com emphasizes human-created art through learning, inspiration, and connection within the photography community. We don’t allow AI-generated texts and images since what we stand for is the creativity and value of handmade art created by human photographers and artists. Read why. Writer / Malin Fabbri Image / kjpargeter on Freepik By now you all have heard of ChatGPT which cleverly writes … Read more

First of all, a BIG thank you to those of you who support us! We could not do what we do without you! For us – as well as for the rest of the world – our costs have increased and we have to increase the membership fee (it’s actually the first time in 10 years we do this). BUT it will stay the same for you if you: Already … Read more

Donate to a charity and get an alt. proc. gift – a cyanotype or a book – in return. This initiative was started by an artist in aid of the Ukraine crisis, and we follow suit and encourage others to do the same. Raised so far: 362.90 USD for UNICEF from 4 different donations, thank you so much! 340 USD for the Red Cross from 2 donations, thank you so … Read more

We sent out a survey to get feedback on the idea of having an NFT or Crypto Art gallery for our members. Listening to your feedback, we decided not to do it, at least not for now. Saying this, we are of course not stopping any individual artist from doing this on their own. Read the feedback here. We sent out a survey to get feedback on the idea of … Read more

Thank you for yet another wonderful year full of inspiration and hope! First, we would like to thank all of you who are Supporting Members of AlternativePhotography.com! Your contribution keeps us running. “Thanks to our Supporting members we keep going! We are very grateful to you!” We would also like to thank all the artists that are the heart of the community and have posted work in our gallery and … Read more

The gift of learning is a gift for life… and here is great inspiration.   Anthotypes – Make photographs using plants It is possible to print photographs using nothing but juice extracted from the petals of flowers, the peel from fruits and pigments from plants. This book will show you how it is done, and expand your creative horizons with plenty of examples from artists working with anthotypes today.   … Read more

We made it easy! Want to improve your negatives? Learn to build a UV lightbox? We spent the summer re-designing AlternativePhotography.com So it works BETTER on both desktop and mobile And moving it to FASTER servers, so you don’t have to wait for things to load. We also made it… Easier to find NEGATIVES Easier to find… …UV light boxes …Toning …Paper Easier to find interesting interviews on photographers and … Read more

Why not show off your love for alternative photography and processes? We have created a range of products, from t-shirts, cape, tote bags to stickers and buttons. Take a look in our store.

If you are using Pinterest, you can follow our board and get inspired here: https://www.pinterest.se/alternativephot/ and here: https://www.pinterest.se/alternativephot/learning-alternative-photographic-processes/

1. Learn a new process
2. Get (or update) your gallery
3. Attend a workshop, learn new skills and meet new people
Whatever you decide, enjoy next year! Happy new year!