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Business coverage of the analog trade: manufacturing capacity, chemistry supply chains, lab pricing, secondhand camera valuations and the margins in selling film. Explains why a roll costs what it costs. Written for lab owners, dealers and shooters budgeting a year of photography honestly.

Price-ladder chart of fine art photography print tiers
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The Art Market for Film Prints

Editions, print dates and provenance — not the picture alone — decide whether a photographic print sells for five hundred dollars or twelve million.

Marco BellandiAugust 10, 2026 · 5 min read
Visitors viewing black-and-white prints in a museum gallery
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Eastman Museum Acquires 900 Works

The George Eastman Museum's 900-work announcement anchors a season in which institutions kept collecting silver-era photographers, from Diane Arbus to Wayne Miller.

Marco BellandiJuly 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Auction gallery with bidding paddles before a photographs sale
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Photography Auctions Spring 2026

April 2026's New York photograph sales raised about $12.7 million across three houses, with Phillips' Salgado session out front and a Helmut Newton trophy passing at Sotheby's.

Ines OliveiraJune 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Steel developing tank with spiral reel on black slate
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Lab vs Home Development Cost Math

Two to four dollars a roll in chemistry versus twelve to eighteen at the lab: the honest break-even math for developing black-and-white, color negative and slide film at home, as of 2025.

Ines OliveiraJune 3, 2026 · 5 min read
Stacked bar chart splitting a film dollar and a lab fee
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Who Profits From the Film Revival

Thin manufacturing margins, healthier retail and lab service economics, and a secondhand market that bypasses makers entirely — where the film revival's money actually lands.

Ines OliveiraMay 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Worker filling brown bottles with developer concentrate in lab
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Why Darkroom Chemistry Sells Out

Photo chemistry is a rounding error in the global chemical industry, which is exactly why developer and fixer keep vanishing from shelves.

Ines OliveiraApril 18, 2026 · 5 min read