Shifter: Context

Описание: What a great time to photographically be alive. There is so much happening, so much out there, so much range and diversity and choices for how one consumes, not to mention how one creates. Thankfully, you gluttons keep sending me things, and one of the recent submissions gave me pause. This pause allowed me to think about context, how mine might differ from yours, and how we might learn something from each other.

Leicas and film are all the rage in the YouTube World, but for someone old and decrepit like me, this concept is somewhat bizarre.

Having used Leica cameras from 1990 to 2017, the idea that these cameras have now taken over the mindset of a certain type of modern photographer is fascinating. These Leica-loving photographers produce a type of film I also find fascinating, but perhaps not in the classic sense of what fascinating would typically mean. But what's the backstory? What happened when these cameras were active in their original timeframe? And what kind of work did they produce? What does having context of this time, and these events, mean for someone exploring photography today? Well, it means everything, or nothing, depending on your view.