A slow print zine FOR analogue photography

A contact sheet is where a roll of film tells its whole truth — every frame, including the ones that probably shouldn't make the cut, the ones that are blurred or badly lit or badly timed. It is photography before the editing begins. No filters, no corrections, no lies.

Kontakt is a zine built in that spirit. It embraces the imperfect and the happy accident, and it believes that beauty can be found everywhere — in the harsh midday glare, the dark shadows, the grain, the out-of-focus mistake. Analogue film doesn’t flatter or correct; it simply records what was there.

Each issue is made in one city by one photographer using one or two rolls of film, accompanied by a short personal text. Together, they document not just a place, but the experience of moving through it — what caught the artist’s attention, who they encountered, what felt worth remembering.

Every issue also includes a contact sheet insert featuring every unedited frame, including the ‘bad’ ones, because sometimes a bad picture is the best picture.

Designed as a slow-read zine, Kontakt is meant to be read the way good film photographs are made — slowly, deliberately, without distraction. Put your phone down. Make a cuppa. Spend some time with it.