When I saw the thumbnail of this image on the homepage, I thought 'Ah! this looks interesting, this might speak to me about lost childhood - I must take a closer look'. Sadly I was disappointed. The post processing blur is heavily applied and poorly executed, which makes me feel this is a highly contrived image and is therefore not 'honest'. It reminds me of 'tear jerker' movies, usually containing a formula of elements which contrive to elicit an emotional response. The previous comments about 'old cameras' and 'shot on film' all add to the mix - we convince ourselves that something is more 'worthy' than it is because we want to believe it has meaning. The photo is interesting in the sense that it contributes to the discussion about the nature of photography, but on the level of an emotional response, I don't buy it.
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When I saw the thumbnail of this image on the homepage, I thought 'Ah! this looks interesting, this might speak to me about lost childhood - I must take a closer look'.
Sadly I was disappointed. The post processing blur is heavily applied and poorly executed, which makes me feel this is a highly contrived image and is therefore not 'honest'. It reminds me of 'tear jerker' movies, usually containing a formula of elements which contrive to elicit an emotional response. The previous comments about 'old cameras' and 'shot on film' all add to the mix - we convince ourselves that something is more 'worthy' than it is because we want to believe it has meaning.
The photo is interesting in the sense that it contributes to the discussion about the nature of photography, but on the level of an emotional response, I don't buy it.