Groom kissing the bride on an outdoor staircase while their friends cheer behind them, black and white film photograph

Martina Manz

Documentary wedding photography on analogue film in Berlin and beyond

The approach

Weddings photographed entirely on film

A wedding is one of the rare days when everyone you love is in the same room. I capture all of it on film, from the quiet morning to the loudest hour of the night. Long after the details blur, you can still see everyone who stood beside you.

The bride with her bridesmaids and bouquets
After your wedding

A gallery to share, the originals to keep

The finished photographs arrive in a private online gallery, edited and ready to share or to print whenever you want one on the wall. Hold the originals up to the light in thirty years, and the day is still there.

About

Behind the camera

I'm Martina, born in Prague and based in Berlin. I've photographed on film for more than twenty years, and for the last nine, weddings have been the heart of my work.

Portrait of Martina Manz, analogue film wedding photographer in Berlin
Beyond Berlin

Where the wedding is

Most of my weddings are in Berlin and Brandenburg. Plenty of them are not, and I'm always glad to go. My husband is Swiss, so I'm in Zurich several times a year anyway, and Prague is where I grew up, so I know it inside out. We can plan your day in German, English, or Czech. The journal has a few glimpses of the places weddings have taken me.

Film travels well, and it never leaves my side. I arrive the day before so your wedding morning starts calmly. Travel and accommodation are agreed as one fixed amount with your quote, before you book.

Bride and groom walking hand in hand across a cobbled courtyard while guests blow bubbles and throw streamers

Thinking about film for your wedding?

Tell me about the day you're imagining.