Re: reason for alt. photo?

C4N2H5O@aol.com
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:03:06 -0400 (EDT)

I attended the Boston session of the Hasselblad University that ran a few
months ago. At one point one of the speakers made a comment that if digital
photo were the standard, and someone invented "film", after seeing the results
of this new invention most photographers would never touch their digital
equipment again.

For me what I love about photography, silver and alt, is the process from
start to finish, not just the final print. That's what I find missing the
most in digital photo. As the quality of digital improves, silver based photo
is going to become an alternate form, for better or worse. By the time I'm
out of school, in just a few years, a lot of what I've learned about
"chemical" photo will be obsolete, or close to it. Yeah, I'll learn digital,
but I won't respect or enjoy it like I do silver and alt.