VIA THE BBC:
Film photography was supposed to have been killed off by the digital era – but a committed band of enthusiasts refuse to abandon the traditional camera. Stephen Dowling finds out why for some, film never went out of fashion.
Photographer Patrick Joust spends a great deal of time on the streets of his native Baltimore, drawn to capture both the city’s residents during the day and the lamp-lit solitude at night. He does all of this on film.
“It’s the medium that works best for the kind of work I want to do,” says Joust, who often lugs three cameras around the streets, loaded with different kinds of film.
“These old cameras can disarm people and can be the starting point for some great portraits. There’s something more friendly about film cameras, even quaint, and I try and make that work for me.”
via The photographers who refuse to abandon traditional film cameras – BBC News.
Well, I still enjoy so much using my M7 and some superb Kodak films … 🙂
I don’t have a film camera at the moment. Sold my M7 and M6. But I have a refrigerator full of film. I should start having contests or something and folks can win a four pack of film. 😉
Every time I get the milk out of the fridge to make a cup of tea the Tmax, Ektar and Portra looks at me hopefully.
lol. mine is down a little lower in a fruit bin.