Back to the future
My 15-year-old daughter recently purchased an analogue camera (with my money). She has expressed an interest for a career in print magazines. I should perhaps sit her down and have a frank chat. Or should I?
The digital era hasn’t been as widely embraced as many would believe. ‘Slow-news’ has a renewed level of credibility. Magazines are being revalued.
Likewise analogue. Some who have always used film are holding on; increasingly, young practitioners too are discovering its magic. It has become a premium product, a USP.
I shot exclusively on medium-format rangefinder film before going digital in 2007 when budgets nosedived. The last time I used film was a few years ago at the request of a client. I shot the first roll with the lens cap on. It felt a chore changing a roll after 10 to 12 frames. I don’t know how I coped for so long having to guess focus distances in nightclubs before blasting in a Metz Flash that I hoped would burn something onto the film’s surface.
