[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex in unusual places
- From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:15:42 -0700
I the people that you are talking about, might practice 'high end' Lomography.
http://usa.shop.lomography.com/cameras/lomo-lubitel-166
http://usa.shop.lomography.com/cameras/kiev-4-m-refubrished
Jim Brick
Sunnyvale, CA
http://www.photomojo.org/My_Favorites/
On Oct 1, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Thor Legvold wrote:
> Nothing against the organization or it's meetings, but I'll bet it's just
> some stock photo of a random hipster trying to look cool. You can't avoid
> them these days, and they seem to be co-opting all the things that used to be
> quirky, forgotten or nerdy, or that required genuine interest and dedication
> to master. Today it seems more like a badge of coolness used by these people,
> more regalia than anything with any real practical meaning. I.e. she has a
> cell phone with which she takes all her shots and posts to Facebook and
> Tumblr and Twitter. The Rolleiflex is for acceptance in her hipster clique
> and although she might even run a roll through now and again, it's either
> improperly exposed, developed or forgotten in a drawer somewhere. (To be
> fair, many of my rolls are improperly exposed and/or developed!). I see the
> same people with Leicas all the time, they buy them to show that they're in
> the know, not to actually use them for anything.
>
> Just some random thoughts...
>
> Thor
>
>
> On 1. okt. 2011, at 19.00, Jan Decher wrote:
>
>> I just spotted this picture of a Rolleiflex (2.8F?) next to a lady and a
>> coffee cup in an unusual context:
>> http://conference.ses.edu/
>>
>> Anyone know where this picture originated?
>> Jan
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