{"id":17755,"date":"2025-02-14T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/every-picture-tells-a-story-the-joy-of-analogue-photography-letters\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:39:07","slug":"every-picture-tells-a-story-the-joy-of-analogue-photography-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/every-picture-tells-a-story-the-joy-of-analogue-photography-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Every picture tells a story: the joy of analogue photography | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Julius Smit <\/strong>likes that analogue demands time, patience and thought, while <strong>David R Freke <\/strong>loves his refurbished 1970s SLR. Plus, letters from <strong>Roger Foster <\/strong>and<strong> David Baugh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is good to read of Sundus Abdi\u2019s renunciation of digital photography as a means to capture the personal and ephemeral aspects of her photographic life (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/feb\/10\/the-one-change-that-worked-i-began-a-quiet-satisfying-rebellion-against-the-digital-age\">The one change that worked: I began a quiet, satisfying rebellion against the digital age, 10 February<\/a>). Photography with a smartphone has much to answer for the disposable image, often captured in\u00a0an instant with little attention.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, analogue photography, as she states, demands time, patience and thought. It also requires an investment in film and processing, knowing there are only 36 exposures on a roll of 35mm film. It has been hugely encouraging to discover a rise in the number of film-processing laboratories around Britain, which are clearly answering a need. Also, there are now many more new exciting film emulsions on the market.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2025\/feb\/14\/every-picture-tells-a-story-the-joy-of-analogue-photography\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f47e01ebff7397766c66c6b3e69f3e09e1d42f38\/48_99_3468_2082\/master\/3468.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5e35d72f29549e81750895520be7faf\" title=\"Every picture tells a story: the joy of analogue photography | Letters\" \/>Julius Smit likes that analogue demands time, patience and thought, while David R Freke loves his refurbished 1970s SLR. Plus, letters from Roger Foster and David Baugh<br \/>\nIt is good to read of Sundus Abdi\u2019s renunciation of digital photography as a means to capture the personal and ephemeral aspects of her photographic life (The one change that worked: I began a quiet, satisfying rebellion against the digital age, 10 February). Photography with a smartphone has much to answer for the disposable image, often captured in\u00a0an instant with little attention.<br \/>\nIn contrast, analogue photography, as she states, demands time, patience and thought. It also requires an investment in film and processing, knowing there are only 36 exposures on a roll of 35mm film. It has been hugely encouraging to discover a rise in the number of film-processing laboratories around Britain, which are clearly answering a need. Also, there are now many more new exciting film emulsions on the market. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julius Smit likes that analogue demands time, patience and thought, while David R Freke loves his refurbished 1970s SLR. Plus, letters from Roger Foster and David Baugh It is good to read of Sundus Abdi\u2019s renunciation of digital photography as a means to capture the personal and ephemeral aspects of her photographic life (The one &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/every-picture-tells-a-story-the-joy-of-analogue-photography-letters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Every picture tells a story: the joy of analogue photography | Letters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17755"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}