An archive of apparently eleven million historical photographs, stored deep in a former limestone mine in Pennsylvania, in the US.
I was going to dig my own mine in the garden, but decided I’d probably be better off using a couple of hard drives.
The Invisible Photograph: Part 1 (Underground) from Carnegie Museum of Art on Vimeo.
So I was reading an article about Kodak Tri-X film, which quotes Don McCullin discussing the waiting period between taking his photographs and actually viewing the results. Whether what had intended to be captured with the image, was what had actually appeared on the film.
I often get comments about my artwork. Generally these are questions which any photographer would be flattered by: “great composition“, “nice light” “lovely tones“, “what a crock of old crap“… um, no wait a minute.
I probably didn’t use this camera : Topcon RE-2
So, I made the decision. There really is no point in me keeping any of the colour camera films that I have. They are sitting there in the freezer, gradually going past their expiration date and I’m just never going to use them.
So long, it’s been good to know you.
Fantastic time at White Night Melbourne. Nice also to see one of my images featured somewhere in amongst the thousands of other activities.
Train lines
Roll on the 2015 event.
So, obviously a film versus digital photography argument is nonsense.
The creative/designer/artist in me really doesn’t give a hoot. But the geek in me does find this kind of thing interesting and it is something that I tap into occasionally.
It’s interesting how mobile phone photography has become increasingly popular, even amongst artists. I often read that street photographers, especially, using iPhones for their projects.
