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[June 23, 2009|11:20 am] |
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It's been seven years since I've shot a film on real
film. Digital has taken over. Recently I've read about
Polaroid filing for bankruptcy and Kodak cancelling
Kodachrome. I still prefer to shoot 35mm photographs, but
much of the time it feels like an unnecessary luxury. Film
and its rich texture, color, and depth are simply no longer
necessary to capture an image. It has been an amazing shift in
the last several years away from film. Products and services
that were available recently seem like dinosaurs now. I've
mentioned before how black and white 35mm printing is
completely dead. I wonder how long relatively inexpensive
color printing will last. I think that film will continue to
survive, but as an artistic medium, or a curiosity, more than
a viable commercial image-creation system.
Check out http://www.polapremium.com/share-the-love/ if
you happen to have a large group of friends who are all dying
to keep Polaroid instant film alive. I only recently shot my
first Polaroid film, and I love it. It reminds me of shooting
black and white 16mm reversal back in Sight & Sound, because
since there's no printing process when you can fix things, it
just has to be right the first time. It just is what it is.
That and the pictures are square, and it makes every image
look like it was shot hundreds of years ago, before anyone
even ever heard the word "digital." This one's from Athens,
July 2007.
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