Dude, if there even are things that traditional photographic technology can do that digital can't, that won't remain the case for very long. The fact is that film is obsolete and has been obsolete for some time.
It's an artform. And no.. there will be things film, silver geletin paper, and chemicals have, that ink jet printers and archival paper still won't be able to do.
Traditional photography should be kept up. It's a lost art, people should utilize it still. Printmaking is still taught in almost every collage art course. It's funtions in today's society are all but wiped out. However, the beauty of the process and the time it took, and what can be done by hand, are what's important. It's the same way with traditional photography.
Besides, grow up in the darkroom, then go digital. You'd see the differences, and you'd know why each can do that the other can't.
I learned how to develop film in a graphics course in middle school. My impression was that it's a messy process prone to error and material or chemical defects.
However, that notwithstanding, paper is something that isn't as important as it used to be with the advent of the internet and other mediums of data transfer and storage. We're nearing an age where computers will be so ubiquitous that they'll be worn either part of or as our clothing. Access to the internet is already pretty damn universal in the industrialized world.
I can and do appreciate traditional photography, much as I can and do appreciate paintings and such. However, from a purely technical standpoint, there are no longer any true advantages to doing either one in a purely manual or non-digital format.
You can't appreciate traditional photography, if you look at it from a purely technical standpoint. Your still talking about wiping out an art form just because computers can do it. We don't quit painting because computers can do it... We don't stop drawing because computers do it.. we sure as hell don't stop making music, even though computers do it. Why stop developing photos on silver geliten.. just because computers have found a way to do that?
There is still the element of human touch involved. Those "errors" as you call them, are in fact, something that most artists find pleasing.
I agree business photography should go digital, it's cheaper and easier... but as far as everyone.. No.
And, a film in graphics course in middle school.. is going to be messy and prone to error. You were in middle school. Hell, lunch in middle school is messy and prone to error. ;-P
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It's an artform. And no.. there will be things film, silver geletin paper, and chemicals have, that ink jet printers and archival paper still won't be able to do.
Traditional photography should be kept up. It's a lost art, people should utilize it still. Printmaking is still taught in almost every collage art course. It's funtions in today's society are all but wiped out. However, the beauty of the process and the time it took, and what can be done by hand, are what's important. It's the same way with traditional photography.
Besides, grow up in the darkroom, then go digital. You'd see the differences, and you'd know why each can do that the other can't.
There are no "if"s about it.
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However, that notwithstanding, paper is something that isn't as important as it used to be with the advent of the internet and other mediums of data transfer and storage. We're nearing an age where computers will be so ubiquitous that they'll be worn either part of or as our clothing. Access to the internet is already pretty damn universal in the industrialized world.
I can and do appreciate traditional photography, much as I can and do appreciate paintings and such. However, from a purely technical standpoint, there are no longer any true advantages to doing either one in a purely manual or non-digital format.
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There is still the element of human touch involved. Those "errors" as you call them, are in fact, something that most artists find pleasing.
I agree business photography should go digital, it's cheaper and easier... but as far as everyone.. No.
And, a film in graphics course in middle school.. is going to be messy and prone to error. You were in middle school. Hell, lunch in middle school is messy and prone to error. ;-P
~Azi
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