Jens Mauthe Launches Online Archive Documenting Analog Process and Darkroom Practice
Richmond, Virginia, 18 Dec 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Jens Mauthe, an amateur film photographer based in Richmond, Virginia, has launched a dedicated online archive focused on analog photography and traditional darkroom printing. The site documents a long-term personal practice built around mechanical cameras, black and white film, and hand-produced photographic prints.
Mauthe works exclusively with film. He shoots 35mm and medium format formats and avoids digital capture entirely. Every roll is developed by hand in a home darkroom. Contact sheets, work prints, and final prints are produced using traditional enlargers, fiber-based paper, and archival chemistry. No lab services are used at any stage.
The archive presents photography as a process rather than a single image. Each project includes de...
