Yep. Few consider how deflationary photography has become. Think of the money spent on film, getting it developed and distributing it. Had to get an extra set for grandma.
Today it is zero cost to have millions of people see it.
It really opened things up. No more buying film and developing costs, not limited to a certain amount of images. I think it freed up the ability to experiment more.
It was massive, with film you really needed to develop yourself or be very very prudent in what you photographed....
Yeah. Had to count the photos that ended up being blurry and nothing but your thumb.
hehe yeah a waste of money when the prints get thrown in the bin.
Yep. Few consider how deflationary photography has become. Think of the money spent on film, getting it developed and distributing it. Had to get an extra set for grandma.
Today it is zero cost to have millions of people see it.
Oh yes I remember going to shops that gave you 50% off the second set or in some cases a free second set of prints.
It was not cheap.
The ole fotomat.
It was a big deal when Walgreens and other pharmacies had a film developing machine.
It really opened things up. No more buying film and developing costs, not limited to a certain amount of images. I think it freed up the ability to experiment more.
Yeah. That is why annual photos went from hundreds of millions to trillions.
We are now near 3 trillion photos per year.
Wow! I guess that is what you get when most everyone on earth has a camera in their pocket.
Yep. That is where everything becomes a photo op.
Of course, it is also evidence.
yeah. I am okd enough. But nothing much changed yet. Poor now, poor then lol they were very expensive