Photo: Michael Shindler
On Tuesday my post on backing up your digital data elicited hundreds of responses online. Many of you had a good quip on a time-tested methodology on how to back up your most treasured memories: print them.
What a concept – the photo as an object. As our culture ebbs and, largely FLOWS to just some bits and bytes on a hardrive or server somewhere, an actual physical photo unmistakably elevates in value because of scarcity. I love art as artifact – it’s so damn meta.
Click through the tabs above to see some stylish examples of a very physical photography: tintype photos.
Tintypes (as you might guess based on the ‘tin’) are images that are exposed directly onto a stainless ferrotype plate. As physical as it gets. To see a behind-the-scenes video (via our friends at Cool Hunting) on how these were made at the Photobooth studio in the Mission District of San Francisco click HERE.
Interesting images. The freckled girl reminds me of my own freckles, hard to photograph.. haha 🙂 I love the processing!
What a concept – the photo as an object. As our culture ebbs and, largely FLOWS to just some bits and bytes on a hardrive or server somewhere, an actual physical photo unmistakably elevates in value because of scarcity. I love art as artifact – it’s so damn meta.
Aaron – no need to be a hater, or a contrarian. The same past got 499 comments on Google+, and last time I checked i’m “pretty sure” thats online. If you have something constructive to add to the conversation, please do. Otherwise… you know….
They wont atleast not in this decade
Hundreds of responses? I’m pretty sure the total reads 28.
@Aaron – no need to be a hater, or a contrarian. The same past got 499 comments on Google+, and last time I checked i’m “pretty sure” thats online. If you have something constructive to add to the conversation, please do. Otherwise… you know….