I don’t shoot much film anymore. I was born after digital had hit the market; grew up alongside the smartphone—and by then, it was already over. But film still has a special place in my heart. I loved doing a film photography class in high school: exposing film, and working in a darkroom. There’s something alluring about the physicality of it, about the way the colors come out, about the mystery of the process until you finally get an image. I think my understanding of photography, of light, was completely shaped by that experience.
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This is Refrakt, a bi-weekly newsletter from Ian J. Battaglia on curiosity, creativity, and (hopefully!) insight, through the lens of photography, writing, study, art and beauty, and my life.
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