Why analog?

Analog photobooths are a magical remnant of the past, and a medium that a small but passionate community is keeping alive. There are currently fewer than 300 operating analog booths in the entire world, so each one is incredibly special.

What’s the difference?

Unlike newer digital booths, analog photobooths produce a single strip that is truly one-of-a-kind. Behind the door in the booth is a tiny darkroom with lab solutions that each strip goes through, developing in real time. Often called dip-n-dunk booths, there is a mechanism called the spider that literally dips and dunks the strips through each chem bath.

Our friends at Autophoto have a great behind-the-scenes video if you want to learn more!

Where to find booths?

We are part of an incredibly creative and determined community dedicated to preserving analog booths worldwide. You can learn more and locate booths at Photobooth.net, which is an incredible steward of the medium and has a worldwide booth map. You can also follow our friend Four Poses Five Minutes, who is on a journey to visit every booth and has great info!

Some of our friends whose booths you can visit around the world:

Autofoto: London and Barcelona

Autophoto: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle, Nashville, Birmingham, Boise, Huntsville

A&A Studios: Chicago

Booth by Bryant: Costa Mesa, CA (and San Diego coming soon!)

Eternalog: Seoul, Korea

Fotoautomat Portugal: Lisbon, Portugal

Four Poses Five Minutes: Coming soon to Canada!

Metro Auto Photo: Melbourne, Australia

Old Friend: New York: Lower East Side and Williamsburg

Photoautomat: Germany: Berlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, Köln Zürich, Wien

Photo Illusion: Los Angeles, CA