I’ve been looking at a great deal of documentary and, for lack of a better phrase “street level art photography” lately, and I’ve realized that I am now starting to miss to look of Tri-X photography. Tri-X is a film developed by the Kodak Company that is highly light sensitive as well as amazingly stable – it (or it’s variants) have a grain, and contrast that sets it apart from other films. It is this look, done with Tri-X or some other manufacturer’s film that I am starting to miss. <\/p>\n
I don’t want this to be a digital vs. film thing, but would Robert Frank’s The Americans<\/i> be the same if it was shot digitally? The point is, I’m already missing that Tri-X look.<\/p>\n
I’ll try to elaborate more on this later.<\/p>\n
Note for people with database like photographic knowledge:<\/b> I’m not sure if The Americans<\/i> was shot on Tri-X, frankly, I don’t really care, the point I’m making is that I’m missing that documentary look of slightly grainy, contrasty, pushed 35mm film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been looking at a great deal of documentary and, for lack of a better phrase “street level art photography” lately, and I’ve realized that I am now starting to miss to look of Tri-X photography. Tri-X is a film developed by the Kodak Company that is highly light sensitive as well as amazingly stable – it (or it’s variants) have a grain, and contrast that sets it apart from other films. It is this look, done with Tri-X or some other manufacturer’s film that I am starting to miss. I don’t want this to be a digital vs. film…<\/p>\n