r/photography is a discussion-first community for tools, technique, art and culture. Narrower rooms help when you want critique on your own frames, shoot film, or join a feedback workshop.
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How to choose
Stay on photography for gear/culture discussion. Use itookapicture to post work and learn technique from submissions, analog for film photography, and photocritique when structured peer critique is the goal.
Starting point: r/photography
r/photography
— Photography
- Members: 5.7M
- Directory rank: #150
- 7-day growth: +2K
/r/photography is a place to politely discuss the tools, technique, art and culture of photography and to post topics that would be of interest to other photographers.
Curated alternatives
I Took a Picture: Give and get feedback on photography
- Members: 7.6M
- Directory rank: #103
When to choose it: You want to post photographs for technique discussion or browse others’ work.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/photography in our directory. Its public description: a subreddit about photography techniques and styles—post work for critique or browse submissions.
How it differs from r/photography: Work-sharing and technique browsing versus photography’s broader tools/culture talk.
Analog Photography
- Members: 2.7M
- Directory rank: #407
When to choose it: You shoot film and want film-specific gear, process and share threads.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/photography in our directory. Its public description frames a film photography subreddit with weekly ask threads and photo sharing.
How it differs from r/photography: Film-only craft versus all photography.
Photo Critique
- Members: 1.8M
- Directory rank: #617
When to choose it: You want passionate, improvement-focused critique of your images.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/photography in our directory. Its public description: a community of passionate photographers working to improve one another’s work.
How it differs from r/photography: Critique workshop tone versus general photography discussion.
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Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and culture claims appear only when we have them — missing fields stay n/a. Directory rank is listing order. Communities outside the published Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page. Guide updated 2026-11-06.