they know that fun is doubly joyful in photographs, now harry, we all have different tastes, we like different things, but when you... insert a list for christmas,

i think you will agree with me that there is one thing that everyone likes: children are adults, everyone loves to take and keep photographs, this is the perfect gift for everyone, for example, you definitely know a boy or girl who will be delighted with the brauny starfish camera, it has everything you need for taking pictures at home and outside, and there are other brownie cameras for everyone from the list, the cost of a set from 10 dollars 35 cents, look for them! this week in stores with such a sign. the only evidence of our parents' lives was on film. our idea of ​​what the best way to preserve the past is film.

people told me, why do you need to learn this, in 5 years no one will shoot on it, it's useless outdated, many people do not consider photography a search or an art, i think they do not fully understand. than someone spends money, wastes time trying to shoot on film, if digital is much easier, there was a new wave of analogue, there is no doubt about it, on the one hand i was skeptical about it, to think that it is a trend, in my opinion,

it is something else. we, as millennials, are in a crisis, an endless search for something authentic. there is a growing interest in analogue photography. who could have imagined 10 years ago that we... grain, analogue renaissance, there was an evolution in the way the world treats photographs,

there were editorial photos at that time for medium format cameras somewhere around 2010-2009 during. in fact

around 2012 , the demand for film bottomed out. between the twelfth and fourteenth , there were sales, but the volumes couldn't even match what they were 5 years before. and then there was a twofold increase, from about 2015 until now. and a twofold increase. not in the sense of 1-2% more than the previous year, it was significant, we even have problems replenishing stock, i started to notice a lot of orders, film related, street photographers switched back to film,

and magazines started to allocate budgets for film related work, on average we have about 700 reels a day, we work 7 days a week in... i'm sure other labs are noticing this too.

my name is lucia rolow, i'm the founder of the bushwick photo lab, that's where we are. i remember for sure that in '12 kudok declared bankruptcy. it was an interesting time, film production was downsizing and all that. and to say that you're opening a lab for black and white printing were not the most logical ideas in the world.

of course, people looked at me strangely and were not very supportive. and then it turned out that film does not die. well, there you go. there are a lot of places like this, there is one in knoxville, there is one in nashville, i think there is one in cleveland, in detroit, it recently opened, i would say in the last six months or so, more and more of them have started popping up. they are opening up everywhere, and it's cool. the more i thought about it and talked about it, the more it seemed like a good idea, to be honest, the business model is self-sufficient, the labs

the community uses it, the volunteers use it, the people who come to us, the people who are passionate, and we take care of this place. "i talked to the old-school photographers, they definitely thought i was nuts, because for them film died in the nineties, they looked at me as a young man and said: "why do you need this, now everyone shoots digital." then i contacted the old new york photographers who have large stocks of equipment, i went to see it.

i won't do it anymore, but there is a new generation, now there is choice. people who became interested in photography when digital became the norm learned from digital processes, they are interested in analog processes, firstly, they are physical, they are directly related to physics, you see how the lighting works, they are tactile. in addition, you can get up, walk around, do something manually and solve a problem,

for example, how can i close the framing frame, i'll tape it or something else, or how can i make the photo look good, i'll take a piece of cardboard and darken it, this is one of the tools, important tools in analog photography , you don't need a monthly subscription, it's cardboard. people need to be inventive and apply their own there's just something good about it. we love to invent things. they have digital technologies and by switching to them so abruptly, we began to value non-digital things even more. there is a natural desire

to do something with your own hands, when you see something made by hand, there were some risks associated with it, and not something that can be corrected later, tweak it or tint it, and you do it. and it becomes dear to you, it's incredibly attractive.

when i was 17 and i fell in love with the darkroom, it was a mixture of fascination with the red light, loneliness,

there's a respect for the materials in the darkroom. there's a connection between the photograph and the paper. there are so many human factors working together to create the final piece, the final photograph. living in an analog space is not just about the end result. it's about the whole process.

when i go out i don't have a clear plan, it's not like i have to take this or that,

i know it's going to take time to find something, when i go out i just find myself on... and composition, what you want to say with your pictures, where you want to go, all these things are very important, but i don't think about them in the process, i think about them already here in my lab, when i look at negatives and contact sheets, or when i talk to my friends, when you shoot with a digital camera, you live in the screen. take a picture, look at it, it would have been better if i had held it straighter, you're constantly adjusting yourself, you're thinking, you're thinking about the pictures, you're thinking about photography, with a film camera, you 're thinking about what's in front of you,

i can only shoot like that because i can't see what i'm shooting on the back of the camera. if i saw it on the screen, i'd say, yes, that worked, or i'll keep shooting, but the next photo would be influenced by the previous one, i've learned not to know too much, it's much better, even when photographing, to just find. this camera allows me to shoot without an extra row of buttons and screens, without looking at it to make sure i have a great shot, i am free from all that, i just go out, put the film in my pocket

and that's it. when i come to the lab, i still get nervous, although i have been doing this for almost 15-20 years, you can ask them, i am like a child, there is a photo, there is a photo, with digital it will not work, with digital it will not work, with digital you have a digital operator with a big screen, and you look at the photo, they no, no, it will do, there is some kind of psychological trick, and he... made my brain split into a jackel and hyde, one guy goes to do the work, walks all day until he's exhausted, puts himself in awkward situations, and there's this other guy, he gets

his work, looks at it, it's almost like a discovery, like a stranger's found work. nights, i have a bunch of scans, 150 new pictures, i think, let's see what this guy took, what's worthwhile in his pictures , what's connected to all these pictures, with digital photography i don't have that. for me with digital,

i'm daniel arnold and i'm... a photographer, which means that usually, if i'm not on assignment, i'm just looking for wonders in the streets, random formations of cool stuff, things worth looking for. when i'm on assignment, because i'm the happiest man in the world, my job is to do my thing in a place where it's just...

that's what i'm looking at. think about it, what's the plan, when someone shoots digital, what's the concept? take thousands of photos to get

a couple good ones that you process to look like they were taken on film? there's something wrong with that, don't you agree? the possibilities had to be limited, coming home with a thousand digital pictures, no pictures from behind. i don't know, for me it's a waste of time, of course, film has huge limitations, it has a certain speed, so i won't be able to work, i won't be able to shoot things that move too fast or in this kind of light, there is frustration, but it makes you shoot other things when i hold a film camera. and for someone, his audience, not for everyone, but for

someone, these are very good reasons to show that you think carefully about what you're shooting, to line up your shots better, to try to get everything on the first try. i think film definitely affects my work. it's a different kind of relationship you have with your subjects. they know that there's something between you, the camera, and the roll of film. they know that you only have 36 shots, and you're going to make the best of those 36 moments. the analog process kind of slows me down

when i'm taking my pictures, i'm very immersed in the work, i need to see what i'm photographing, it makes me think, what am i looking at, what am i going to shoot, this slow pace gives me time to be with the subjects, time to do other things, it has made my expectations much lower, when you shoot digital, you expect at least a hundred shots, i shoot wet film, and i can expect even one, then the day is a success.

my name is yotzi and masaka and i shoot large format. i am very influenced by the idea of ​​shintaism. to admire nature, to feel awe before it, some kind of fear. i try to transfer that feeling into my photography. sometimes i have to wait a couple of hours, and sometimes i have to come the next day to get the perfect light.

and i think without this big camera and all the gear, like a heavy tripod, film rolls and stuff, with just one digital camera, it would be much easier for me, but then i think, would i get the shot i want with digital?

there is no choice, i have to take these things, even though it is a pain in the ass. i think people are shooting more analog now. because everyone is tired of looking at the same digital looking pictures. you get more variety with different lenses, different objectives, formats and films, different processing, analog processing. and digital has a very linear look, you can't do much with it.

i was always very attracted to film, people said to me, why do you need to learn this, in 5 years no one will be shooting on it, it's uselessly outdated, if you look in my refrigerator, you'll see that there's more film in there than food, it's always like this in my house, i wouldn't say that...