PointOmega
Established
lam
Well-known
Interesting article! oh, and go Ilford!
I know I joke about the end of film and stuff, but it would be truly sad to not see any film for sale anywhere.
Roger Hicks
Mentor
Personally I'd back the longevity of film against the NYT.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Vince Lupo
Nobody's Mentor
Nice to see Bob Burley's work -- a fellow Ryerson grad!
charjohncarter
Mentor
I guess the best humor has truth in it.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
I think it will go the same way as vinyl records. After CDs came out, few bought vinyl--for a while. But now, they have had a revival. Not only that, but they make better--and more expensive--turntables, arms, and cartridges now, than they did before. Analog music sounds good! And why not? Music is analog, to begin with!
healyzh
Well-known
Last I heard, admittedly it's been about four years, Vinyl sales were on the rise, while CD sales were on the decline. I know that most of the albums I have on both Vinyl and CD sound better on Vinyl. Of course I also have a good turntable, and a machine for cleaning my records (a must for good audio quality).
Zane
healyzh
Well-known
Roger, do you have in insight in to whether or not film sales have hit bottom and are on the way back up? Around here I get the impression they have, but then this area is kind of crazy. Note, I'm not saying mainstream, I realize mainstream photography has gone digital, and I'm sure it's there to stay.
Zane
upceci
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There is not a single comment to this article on lens blog, which pretty much sums up the interest people have in NYT's lens blog or articles such as this.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
It would be relevant if Justin Bieber tweeted about it. Craft is out; it's all about the masses (and what its idols tell them to do).
upceci
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Today celebrities are more than ever into photography. I don't think lack of celebrity attention is the reason analogue photography is diminishing.
So, are you really saying there is no craft involved in digital?
Pablito
coco frío
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
I think Gabriel is referring to this definition of 'craft'
an occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill <the carpenter's craft> <the craft of writing plays> <crafts such as pottery, carpentry, and sewing>
One can argue that there isn't any of that in film photography either, unless you take it to the darkroom printing level.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
About the eighth time I've seen an article like this over the past decade. I consider them noise.
BTW, the nitpicker in me say it's not "analog photography," it's "film photography" ...
Yes, film will eventually go away (or become reduced to an insignificant volume from a commercial profitability sense), and color film will go away faster and before B&W film. Most agree that the former has already happened. Big deal ... enjoy it while you can, stock up on media if you want to ensure a bit more time for your work, and be ready to move on when the time is right.
This happened in motion photography some time ago. Few argue that movies made with 8mm, Super 8mm or 16mm are superior to video, although they have an entirely different look. Most just breathed a sigh of relief about not having to manage with all of film's constraints anymore and learned the new medium in which to do their movies.
G
btgc
Mentor
End of Kodak isn't end of whole film, right?
Brian Puccio
Well-known
Been around since 1851 and it's going to be replaced by ... the Drudge Report?
Forget worrying about the NYT (and I say this as someone who gets the dead tree version outside my door every weekend), worry about the death of journalism.
Roger Hicks
Mentor
No, no, I'd back journalism against the NYT too. Read Dickens as 'Boz' or Mayhew's "London Life and the London Poor" in the 1830s et seq. Then today read Slate or Mother Jones or Al-Jazeera English.
Cheers,
R.
Brian Puccio
Well-known
Do you mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor ? If so, looks interesting, I'll check it out later, thanks!
Eh, not a fan.
A few times a week.
Once or twice a week at most.
Watching their TV was fascinating. Oddly, on vacation in Germany, it was one of the few 24/7 English channels in the hotel we were in, so we become oddly hooked on Al-Jazeera then.