Exhibition period: 04.06.–24.07.26
Mon–Wed 8:00–12:30 & 14:30–16:30, Thu 8:00–12:30 & 17:00–18:30, Fri 8:00–12:30

 Riccardo Coelati Rama was born in Gazzo Veronese and is a classical musician and violin maker with a passion for Japanese roadster cars from the 1990s. After many years working with digital cameras, he turned to analogue photography and became a member of the Fotoclub Bruneck. His photographic focus lies primarily on landscapes — elements of nature that move him, as well as details of urban environments. He mainly works with medium-format film in square format. His photographs are developed and printed in the darkroom of the Fotoclub Bruneck.

The exhibition by Riccardo Coelati Rama brings together analogue photographs created on panchromatic and infrared film in both 35 mm and medium format. The images depict places connected to his origins in the rural province of Verona, as well as impressions gathered during his travels as a musician. The photographs are taken during his free time in the cities he visits for concerts — always walking through them with an analogue camera over his shoulder.

Using panchromatic and infrared film in 35 mm and 6x6 medium format, the artist creates silver gelatin prints in the darkroom, primarily printed on baryta paper.

Sara Benaglia
moderated by Stefano Riba
in collaboration with Foto Forum Bozen‍ ‍

The book Immagini infestate. Ecologie tossiche della fotografia reflects on photography as anything but a neutral medium: since its origins, it has been intertwined with dynamics of power, exploitation and control. Photography is not only a tool for representing the world, but also a technology that consumes, classifies and transforms reality—through material processes involving resources, labour and extraction, as in the case of silver and its mining origins. Through a journey that moves from analogue photography to digital and artificially generated images, the book examines how the role of images has changed over time—leading to today’s condition of visual overproduction and loss of meaning. The narrative begins with a concrete and unexpected element: the presence of organic material that has formed on old photographs. These alterations become the starting point for a reflection on the materiality of images, on what endures through time, and on how it may still be possible to resist the consumerist logic that governs them. In this sense, the book proposes understanding photography not merely as an image, but as a physical and fragile object—made of matter, chemistry and residues—capable of preserving traces, memory and resistance.

Exhibition period 04.06.–14.06.26
Mon–Fri 9:00–12:00 & 15:00–18:30 | Sat 9:00–12:00

Paolo Biadene, based in St. Lorenzen in the Pustertal Valley, has been working with photography since the 1970s, focusing mainly on man-made landscapes. After numerous exhibitions and publications up until the early 2000s, he has recently returned to analogue photography, with a particular emphasis on large format work. 

“Positive Papers” is a collection of large-format images created using analogue techniques and silver gelatin positive paper. The collection of mirrored images of differently veiled objects makes up the book of exercises - and mistakes - in my journey of learning the art of large format photography.

Meeting point: ECK Museum of Art
with Ellen Larcher

This tour focuses on the two main exhibitions of the ANALOGUE Photo.Festival. At the ECK Museum of Art, visitors encounter the striking black-and-white worlds of Roger Ballen, whose works oscillate between documentation, staging, and surreal dreamscapes. With Evoluzione Analogica, Renato D’Agostin simultaneously offers an immediate insight into the analog process of photographic creation and transforms the exhibition space into a walk-in darkroom. The guided tour thus brings together two different but central positions in contemporary analog photography.

Meeting point: Lumen Museum, Kronplatz/Bruneck
with Thina Adams

Registration required at info@lumenmuseum.it.
Registration is also necessary for the complimentary cable car ride.

This tour focuses on the two main exhibitions of the ANALOGUE Photo.Festival. At the LUMEN , visitors encounter the striking black-and-white worlds of Roger Ballen, whose works oscillate between documentation, staging, and surreal dreamscapes. With Evoluzione Analogica, Renato D’Agostin simultaneously offers an immediate insight into the analog process of photographic creation and transforms the exhibition space into a walk-in darkroom. The guided tour thus brings together two different but central positions in contemporary analog photography.

Since December 2016, the Fotostammtisch has been taking place in Brunico/Bruneck – an open meeting point for everyone interested in photography. The initiators, Caroline Renzler and Fabian Haspinger from Photoatelier Silbersalz, wanted to create a space where photographers – whether professionals, amateurs or beginners – can come together to exchange ideas, learn from one another and build new connections. At the Fotostammtisch, everyone has the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences while also gaining valuable tips and inspiration from fellow photography enthusiasts. On the occasion of the Analogue Photo.Festival, there will be a special edition: artists from the festival will be present as we discuss analogue photography and exchange thoughts and experiences. The evening will be moderated by Thina Adams and Caroline Renzler.

Atelier Kromar was founded in 1976 in San Candido / Innichen in the Italian Dolomites. Behind the name Kromar are the artist Claudio Covi and creative director Maria Schmieder. The studio was originally established in an old house, which no longer exists today. This now-vanished house almost appears as a symbol of a world that has changed radically since 1976 – a world that, over the decades, has shifted from analogue to digital, profoundly transforming especially the field of photography. However, the studio has consciously resisted this change, holding its course like a rock in the waves. Its focus lies on film, black-and-white photography, portraiture, as well as analogue development and hand printing. All of this takes place in the back room and the workshop spaces of the studio. For more than 45 years, the studio has dedicated itself to this practice with consistency and passion, convinced that a true photographer does not merely produce images, but interprets the world and the people around them. On June 11th at 4 pm, Maria Schmieder Covi and Claudio Covi will guide a tour of the studio.

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The lecture IL PUNTO DI VISTA is a reflection on photography as a form of encountering the world. Each image stands as the result of a relationship between what we see and what we wish to perceive: it is a construction shaped by distance, time, presence, intuition, and circumstance. The work explores the relationship between space and interpretation, asking how every photographic decision — from the choice of lens and framing to the moment of capture and the presence of people within the space — inevitably defines a particular way of seeing. Photography is therefore understood not as a merely neutral recording of reality, but as the expression of a gaze, as a subjective testimony to a lived experience. In this way, the images become a point of encounter between intention and event, between what was conceived and what unfolds in the moment the photograph is taken.

Exhibition period: 01.06.–14.06.26
Opening hours Exhibition & Ama Art Gallery: Mon–Sun 9:00–21:00; closed on Monday 08.06.

Caroline Renzler and Fabian Haspinger are photographers and independent artists from South Tyrol, Italy. Their collaborative practice moves between portrait photography, analogue and artistic photography, and cultural mediation, with a strong focus on contemporary photographic discourse. Through their shared project and workspace Photoatelier Silbersalz, they have created an open and multifaceted space dedicated to photography for many years. Their work combines technical craftsmanship and analogue processes with a contemporary and experimental approach to the photographic medium. As initiators of the ANALOGUE Photo.Festival, they are committed to promoting and further developing analogue photography in South Tyrol and beyond. Through exhibitions, artist talks, photowalks and workshops, they create spaces for exchange, encounter and new perspectives on photographic practice.

The photographic work “Fuori stagione” by Caroline Renzler and Fabian Haspinger moves between documentation and poetic condensation. Their images lead into the winter transitional states of tourist destinations—into a time when the promise of leisure transforms into a silent, almost fragile emptiness. Architecture, surfaces, and details come to the forefront, speaking of time, use, and transience. At the center of the exhibition are Italian seaside resorts such as Jesolo, Grado, Bibione, and Caorle. Places defined by density and movement in summer appear reduced and almost suspended in winter. Closed façades, deserted promenades, and repeating architectural structures create their own visual order. In this way, a quiet topography of absence emerges. The works offer a new perspective on tourist spaces: not as mere backdrops, but as complex, cyclical landscapes in which presence and emptiness, function and stillness continuously alternate. Their work, predominantly created using various analog cameras, is marked by calm and precise attention.

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Registration: T +39 0474 524020, prenotaziuns@museumladin.it 
Max. 15 participants

As part of the festival, the museum offers a guided tour of its storage depot as well as a creative collage workshop using archival images, led by Silvia Baccanti. The tour and workshop are free of charge. Minimum age: 6 years. Children up to 8 years must be accompanied by an adult.

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Registration required at info@lumenmuseum.it.
Registration is also necessary for the complimentary cable car ride.

Sabrina Toldt, an art market expert working across design, art, fashion, and photography, lives between London and Milan. As part of the Analogue Photo.Festival, she meets artists and professionals this morning to exchange ideas on analogue photography, discuss current developments, and explore different perspectives on the medium. An open conversation format at the intersection of practice, market, and the present of analogue photography.

Werkstatt Stefan Jung
Camera Repair & Service

Stefan Jung is a photographer and a passionate practitioner of analogue photography. As part of the Open Lab, he opens the doors of his workshop and offers insights into his creative process and photographic practice. Visitors are invited to bring broken analogue cameras. Stefan Jung will examine them on site and, if possible, provide a repair estimate.

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with the artist Fabian Haspinger
for Families & Kids

90 € / Register here

The camera obscura is one of the earliest and most essential forms of photography — reduced to its core elements: light, time, and observation. In this workshop, children, teenagers, and families will playfully discover the fundamentals of analogue photography. Using a camera obscura as our camera — a simple optical box that allows light to enter through a tiny opening and project an upside-down image of the outside world onto light-sensitive material — we will explore Fortezza Fortress and capture our impressions through this unique photographic process. Afterwards, we will develop the negatives together in the darkroom, transforming them step by step into visible images.

The workshop offers a basic understanding of photography as a process: How is an image created? What does exposure mean? And how do light and shadow shape our perception? The focus lies on experimentation, slowing down, and experiencing the simple magic of photographic image-making.

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Closing Aperitivo at the Biennale Headquarters: A shared informal closing event for the Analogue Photo Festival. Come together for an aperitivo, meet people, and wind down the Biennale together with the team while reflecting on the experience one last time.

Closing Festival, Artist talk & Book signing with Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen – Animal Absurdity, Renato D’Agostin – Evoluzione analogica

on the occasion of Kronplatz by Night

Cable car open from 5:45 to 11:00 pm: Kronplatz 2000 | Reischach
Price: € 22.00 per person incl. return cable car ride and entry to both museums (MMM Corones and LUMEN Museum)
Free for children under 8 years

To celebrate the closing of the Analogue Photo.Festival, a special evening will take place high above the Dolomites at Kronplatz (2,275 m above sea level). Surrounded by the alpine landscape, analogue photography meets living cultural tradition in a unique atmosphere. A special highlight of the evening will be the presence of internationally renowned artist Roger Ballen, who will join guests in celebrating the festival’s closing.

As part of an Artist Talk, Thina Adams will speak about her artistic practice, recent works, and her collaboration with Roger Ballen. Afterwards, guests will have the opportunity for personal exchange and a book signing session. At the same time, the traditional Sacred Heart fires will illuminate the surrounding mountain ranges — a striking cultural event that will bathe the festival closing in a unique atmosphere of light, landscape, and community.

(Program to change due to weather conditions.)