378 Imperfection Makes Meaning

About this episode

The episode discusses the relationship between technical limitations in photography and the aesthetics that emerge from them.

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Every time has it's aesthetic, its 'look' - and every 'classic look' was once a technical limitation that people learned to love or hate. Today we can create pristine imagery and yet, for some of us, that lacks something. Which is worth discussing! Picks of the week: 10 Stops IBIS Now Possible Simple Asset Manager with 1970s slide viewer Hans P. Kraus Jr. gallery This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

People in this episode

Hosts: Adrian Stock, Chris Marquardt

Topics covered

• aesthetics
• photography
• technical limitations
• imagery
• discussion

Keywords

• photography
• aesthetic
• technical limitations
• imagery
• discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hans P. Kraus Jr. gallery

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