A short article titled 'Film Photography Can Never Be Replaced'
https://www.wired.com/story/film-photography-can-never-be-replaced/
Some truth to the article.
I began exploring photography with film (analogue) in the 1970’s. Shifted to digital in 1998 photographing products. No cards only tethered. By 2003 our studio had shifted entirely to digital. I have no desire to photograph with film though I continue to employ the digital camera with an analogue mindset.
Photographing analogue is a process, a perspective, an idea we can digitally commit to. Bridging analogue and digital combines the best of both worlds. Stephen Shore said it best at the end of the article: “a photograph is good because of the decisions the photographer makes” - wise man.
We suffer from the illusion that photography is simple. Since Kodak's "You press the button, we do the rest" we’ve been led to believe this. And yes, to get a fine exposure is easy to do in our digital world. However, the message inside photography is complex. The frame and the moment are key components helping define the success of any given image.
A photograph's relationship to ‘reality’ is tenuous while alluring. It is not real even while appearing to be so – a sense of its complexity lies inside of this equation.
It’s not film we need per say though I’d never hazard to discourage its use. We do have to consciously choose about how we engage our world camera in hand. It’s a state of mind, how we look, truly look - then make considered decisions one frame, one exposure at a time.
Therein lies the power of photography.
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