Analog photography, also known as film photography, is a catch-all term for photography
that uses chemical processes to capture an image, typically on
paper, film or a hard plate. These analog processes were the only
methods available to photographers for more than a century prior to the
invention of digital photography, which uses electronic sensors to
record images to digital media.
In a film camera that uses photographic emulsions, light falling upon
silver halides is recorded as a latent image, which is then subjected to
photographic processing, making it visible and insensitive to light.
Contrary to the belief that digital photography gave a death blow to
film, film photography not only survived, but actually expanded across
the globe. With the renewed interest in traditional photography, new
organizations (like Film Is Not Dead,
Lomography) were established and new lines of products
helped to perpetuate film photography.
The Japan Times claimed that though film photography is a "dying art",
Japan could be at the starting point of a movement led by
young photographers to keep film alive.