What I notice in recent times, and it has been confirmed by recent research, is that film photography is getting more popular again.
Interesting is that most of todays film photographers are younger than 35 even though this generation grew up with digital technology.
See the post at petapixel.com.
Is it a global trend that analog photography will gain importance again?
Similar than the watch industry, where with the introduction of quartz watches mechanical watches were losing popularity and then became a high value product.
Will we at some point (re-)value handcraft, manual artistic skills over flexibility, speed, ease of use?
Just performing a quick search on Facebook already gives a good overview on analog photography communities:
Just to mention a couple of examples...
Film Photography Podcast (Internet Radio Show)
Facebook page by FilmPhotographyProject.com
Film's not Dead
Let's shoot slide film again
Ferrenia Community
Creative Film Photography
and many more...
dear readers, feel free to enrich the collection by posting in the comment field!
Interesting is that most of todays film photographers are younger than 35 even though this generation grew up with digital technology.
See the post at petapixel.com.
Is it a global trend that analog photography will gain importance again?
Similar than the watch industry, where with the introduction of quartz watches mechanical watches were losing popularity and then became a high value product.
Will we at some point (re-)value handcraft, manual artistic skills over flexibility, speed, ease of use?
Just performing a quick search on Facebook already gives a good overview on analog photography communities:
Just to mention a couple of examples...
Facebook page by FilmPhotographyProject.com
and many more...
dear readers, feel free to enrich the collection by posting in the comment field!
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