Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/17

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Subject: [Leica] An experiment in film
From: tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:01:23 -0500
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On Jan 17, 2011 at 06:30 PM -0800, Richard Man wrote:
> I disagree with this and other similar kind of remark, while I personally
> don't do the camera shake, plastic lens, artsy stuff, photography, as an 
> art
> form, should not exclude them. Lomography, or retro iPhonggraphy etc. have
> their fans and places.

I didn't meant to imply that film can't be a medium for 'crazy' colors or 
experimentation, that lomography, etc., doesn't have its place, and so on.

It's just that too many young photographers think that film is ALWAYS 
inconsistent or that it is incapable of producing consistent quality 
results.  I find that sad.
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