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kleinbl00  ·  4130 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Essay shows everything that's wrong about Instagram

Holy shit. I just had a revelation.

People like Instagram because they grew up with CHEAP old pictures.

My parents took most shots with Ektachrome. Other than the color response, the pictures I have of my parents' wedding in 1967 look like they could have been taken yesterday.

I shot Velvia and Provia. When I scan my old slides, the difference between what I had and what I have with an Eos 5D is resolution.

For me, "Instagram" always meant "I want to make my pictures look cheap and shitty." "Lo-fi" has never had a connection with authenticity for me; rather, it has meant "I don't care enough about this to bother taking a decent picture of it."

I've been given two Holgas over the years. I've never used either of them. It's like "why would I bother jumping through ridiculous hoops to get something so shitty looking?" I mean, I've got a fuckin' Pentax 6x7. If I wanna burn 120 film I can make something that looks good.