Holographic gratings were formed by using crosslinked polymer-liquid crystal composites containing azobenzenes. The holographic recording was based on photoinduced alignment of a nematic liquid crystal filled in a cell as a result of the amplification of photoreorientation of azobenzene residues and exhibited volume holographic properties with Bragg diffraction. Spatial frequency of 1 mum was obtained for a cell of 200 mum in thickness. whereas diffraction efficiencies depended on holographic exposure doses and cell thickness. A free-standing film of this composite system was also prepared to perform holographic recording.