Take a physical photo to tell the experience on the internet. It is happening, it is a fashion that is repeated in London, Paris or Madrid and it is almost a new souvenir. Photo booths, like vinyls or bicycles, are experiencing a revival after years in oblivion. The physical is gaining relevance again after many years of digital supremacy.
Carmencita Film Lab
Carmencita is a photo lab that was born in Valencia, but has spread not only in Spain, but around the world with stores in Dubai, Japan and Portugal. In Madrid they opened in 2023 and a year later the videos on TikTok about this store are multiplying, but not for its developed and second hand cameras, but for its photo booth. This store for beginners in photography, which is worth a visit just for its design, has one of the few analog photo booths in Madrid.
📍Location: calle de Arganzuela, 3 (Centro)
La Ruda Photobooth
Before people had cell phones, and of course camera in them, phone booths and photo booths were normal things you could find in a street. Now relegated to subway stations, it’s rare to find a photo booth like the one on Calle de la Ruda in La Latina. Whether for a display of spontaneity or because you need passport photos, here you can choose the type of photo you want, and yes, there are also black and white ones.
📍Location: Calle de la Ruda
Commercial Café
At Café Comercial they pioneered this trend of adding a photo booth to the bathroom area; they included it in their renovation and reopening in 2019. It’s somewhat hidden and usually goes unnoticed, which is why you’ve probably been there and missed it. The photos come out in two batches in both color and black and white.
📍Location: glorieta de Bilbao, 7 (Centro)
Baldoria
Baldoria is the Italian restaurant with the best pizza in Madrid, 5th in Europe and 26th in the world. But besides eating very well and with forcefulness, this restaurant is a complete experience, starting with its kitchen, which can be seen from almost anywhere in the place, followed by its colorful decoration and ending with the photo booth. It is difficult not to leave here happy.
📍Location: Calle de José Ortega y Gasset, 100 (Salamanca)
Hundred Burgers
If we continue with the idea of eating a lot and taking a picture afterwards with a satisfied face after having eaten one of the best burgers in the world, Hundred Burger is a must. Specifically, at their location on Eloy Gonzalo street in Chamberí where they have a free photo booth. You just have to ask for it when they give you the purchase ticket and they give you a fake coin with which you can go down to the bathrooms where it is located.
📍Location: Eloy Gonzalo street, 12 (Chamberí)