DOGMA35mm is not a style or a genre. It is a self-imposed code of honesty.

It is the art of capturing a moment of life, witnessed by the human eye,

to preserve it for the mind, for the collective, for eternity.

Unfiltered, undisturbed, and raw.

As it was. Never to happen again.

To maintain this honesty, five core directives are followed:

1. The Medium: Only analogue film with true-to-life color rendering. No artificial color shifts.

2. The Vision: A fixed 35mm lens. No zoom, preserving the scale and perspective of natural vision.

3. The Light: Only available light. No flash, no artificial illumination, no manipulation of the atmosphere.

4. The Integrity: Only minor cropping is permitted to refine the composition. No details may be retouched or altered.

5. The Truth: No staging. Life must be captured exactly as it unfolds, spontaneous and unmanipulated.

Those who embrace these principles are welcome to share their unfiltered reality under #dogma35mm, thereby confirming compliance with all five rules of the Manifesto.