Fashion, trends, and technology have a way of looking to history for current inspiration.
“Film Pronounced Dead”
In the early part of the digital revolution people announced film was dead. People rode the digital wave high on pixels instead of film chemistry. It seems there has been a bit of a film revolution in Japan – see the Photo District News article below.
In reality, film never died, it just became less mainstream. People have continued to shoot film and will always continue – there are many positives to film and many positives to digital, of course.
I have always thought film photography will follow the trends of Black & White photography. After colour photo technology emerged B&W retained a strong following. And of course film has a strong following at sites like the Analog Photography Users Group.
Film’s Resurgence
The PDN article tells the story of John Sypal, an American photographer living in Japan, who started Tokyo Camera Style after he noted “There are legions of dedicated film photography enthusiasts in Tokyo.”
There are many signs that film will continue to exist, even prosper!