Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Permanence
Ok digital one hit wonders...
What happens when your dead? In the world of photography there have been so many extremely talented artists who have left for all of us their life's work. There are also those anonymous one's who have left us with historical photographs found in attics, shoe boxes, family photo albums and numerous other places one would dig up old photographs. In 30 years, where are those photographs going to come from? What is our recorded history going to look like?
Do you think that someone is going to care that your digital images keep getting backed up or upgraded to the new file of the day? Do you think those CD Roms are going to stand the test of time? We are looking at a gap in photographic history unfolding in front of our eyes, yet we care not to look at it. Well, I care to look at it and it makes me sad, but I don't see digital photographers looking at it this way. EVERYTHING IS DISPOSABLE. It made me think that I should have a disposable art show and tear everything up at the end of the show and put it in a bonfire, because that is what is going to happen to your digital images later on in life. Unless that is, you make negatives out of the images you find most appealing.
more later....
What happens when your dead? In the world of photography there have been so many extremely talented artists who have left for all of us their life's work. There are also those anonymous one's who have left us with historical photographs found in attics, shoe boxes, family photo albums and numerous other places one would dig up old photographs. In 30 years, where are those photographs going to come from? What is our recorded history going to look like?
Do you think that someone is going to care that your digital images keep getting backed up or upgraded to the new file of the day? Do you think those CD Roms are going to stand the test of time? We are looking at a gap in photographic history unfolding in front of our eyes, yet we care not to look at it. Well, I care to look at it and it makes me sad, but I don't see digital photographers looking at it this way. EVERYTHING IS DISPOSABLE. It made me think that I should have a disposable art show and tear everything up at the end of the show and put it in a bonfire, because that is what is going to happen to your digital images later on in life. Unless that is, you make negatives out of the images you find most appealing.
more later....
New Orleans Photo Alliance
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Discontinued Films, papers, ect.
If I have missed something please feel free to add to this by making a comment.
Agfa - plus, the entire corporation
Polaroid - SX70, Type 665, Type 85
Kodak black and white papers
KODAK Professional Copy Film 4125
KODAK TRI-X Pan Professional Film (TXP, TXT)
KODAK TRI-X Pan Film (TX)
KODAK T-MAX P3200 Professional Film (TMZ)
KODAK T-MAX 400 Professional Film (TMY)
KODAK VERICHROME Pan Film
KODAK EKTAGRAPHIC HC Slide Film
KODAK Commercial Film
KODAK EKTAPAN Film
KODAK Pan Masking Film 4570 / ESTAR Thick Base
KODAK PLUS-X Pan and KODAK PLUS-X Pan Professional Films
KODAK PROFESSIONAL B/W Duplicating Film SO-132
KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400BW Film
KODAK PROFESSIONAL T400 CN Film
Ilford Delta 400 sheet film
Agfa - plus, the entire corporation
Polaroid - SX70, Type 665, Type 85
Kodak black and white papers
KODAK Professional Copy Film 4125
KODAK TRI-X Pan Professional Film (TXP, TXT)
KODAK TRI-X Pan Film (TX)
KODAK T-MAX P3200 Professional Film (TMZ)
KODAK T-MAX 400 Professional Film (TMY)
KODAK VERICHROME Pan Film
KODAK EKTAGRAPHIC HC Slide Film
KODAK Commercial Film
KODAK EKTAPAN Film
KODAK Pan Masking Film 4570 / ESTAR Thick Base
KODAK PLUS-X Pan and KODAK PLUS-X Pan Professional Films
KODAK PROFESSIONAL B/W Duplicating Film SO-132
KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400BW Film
KODAK PROFESSIONAL T400 CN Film
Ilford Delta 400 sheet film
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Cardboard Cut Out
Are we to be reduced, as artists, as card board cut-outs of each other? What I mean, are we to be regulated on what kind of technology we use to create our art by corporations? Everyone using the same exact technology to take a photograph? Does anyone else find that remotely boring?
I'm seeing photograph after photograph that looks exactly like the last photograph I saw from the previous photographer I looked at. I'm over it. Variety is lost. It's like looking at a bunch of blondes standing in a line with fake boobs and bleached hair with red bay watch bikinis on. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but do you want every single woman in the world to look this way? (yes, i ramble)
Imagine a world where photos all look alike, the only difference would be the composition. This is what corporations are doing to the world of photography. It's oh so boring.
I'm seeing photograph after photograph that looks exactly like the last photograph I saw from the previous photographer I looked at. I'm over it. Variety is lost. It's like looking at a bunch of blondes standing in a line with fake boobs and bleached hair with red bay watch bikinis on. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but do you want every single woman in the world to look this way? (yes, i ramble)
Imagine a world where photos all look alike, the only difference would be the composition. This is what corporations are doing to the world of photography. It's oh so boring.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Duck Figital Origins
Duck Figital was coined from all the Buck Fush bumper stickers I saw during the 2004 election. I thought that the 2 made sense with each other. Bush is devastating to the United States of America and the Constitution of the United States of America, and digital photography is just as devastating to the artistic endeavors of photographic artists everywhere.
Both the Bush administration and Digital photography LOVE big business, and don't mind taking the little guy out, even though the little guy is much more intelligent and inspiring than that of big business. Neither one takes the time out to learn more from the littly guy, nor plays a sympathetic role in nurturing creation or individuality.
Climbing the digital ladder means that artistic tools are being taken away. Never in the history of art have tools like paint materials, sculpting materials, pottery materials and the like, been taken away from artists so that they can no longer work in their chosen medium. You must understand that digital is an entirely different medium than film is. Light hits a computer chip a hell of a lot differently than it does chemicals on film. Digital can only try and mimic film. It's a "monkey see monkey do" sort of medium.
I'm sure digital serves it's purpose when you need to get that photo over from Iraq of the guy being beheaded in 2 minutes so you can be the first photographer to cover the story, but what the hell do artists need digital for? Why am I seeing people who call themselves photographic artists using digital? WHAT IS THE BENEFIT???
To be continued....
Both the Bush administration and Digital photography LOVE big business, and don't mind taking the little guy out, even though the little guy is much more intelligent and inspiring than that of big business. Neither one takes the time out to learn more from the littly guy, nor plays a sympathetic role in nurturing creation or individuality.
Climbing the digital ladder means that artistic tools are being taken away. Never in the history of art have tools like paint materials, sculpting materials, pottery materials and the like, been taken away from artists so that they can no longer work in their chosen medium. You must understand that digital is an entirely different medium than film is. Light hits a computer chip a hell of a lot differently than it does chemicals on film. Digital can only try and mimic film. It's a "monkey see monkey do" sort of medium.
I'm sure digital serves it's purpose when you need to get that photo over from Iraq of the guy being beheaded in 2 minutes so you can be the first photographer to cover the story, but what the hell do artists need digital for? Why am I seeing people who call themselves photographic artists using digital? WHAT IS THE BENEFIT???
To be continued....
