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What Film Photography Still Has to Offer (CNN)

There are no more Polaroids. No more Kodachrome. And the smell of potent darkroom chemicals has almost disappeared.

For most people, “analog photography” is a relic or something their parents once used; an archaic technology now lumped in with yesteryear’s sensations, like the rotary phone or 8-track tape player.

Over the past decade, the number of analog film and manual cameras has dramatically decreased in favor of their digital counterparts. Digital photography has ubiquitous control over the market, leaving little to no room for alternatives.

Yet in the New York City metro area, there is a close-knit community of photographers, merchants, galleries, institutions and darkrooms that keep the art of analog photography quietly in practice.

“[There’s] just something inherently different about the medium that you can’t get with digital,” said Steven Sickle, who works at K&M Camera in Tribeca.

Some say that “something” is depth or quality.

Continue reading here on CNN.

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