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Rotem Rozental, Lecturer in Critical Studies, Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California

Why Gen Z is falling in love with film photography

Children look at developed film in a darkroom during an analog photography workshop held in southeastern Turkey on June 14, 2026. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images

Film photography is experiencing a resurrection, summoned by unlikely conjurers: Gen Z.

It wasn’t too long ago that analog photography – which uses photographic film and chemical processing – was declared all but dead, relegated to the province of niche hobbyists and professional artists.

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