Recent advances in digital photography offer unprecedented capabilities, such as rapid shooting and low-light performance. However, this ease of use comes at a cost, as it diminishes the artistic effort that traditionally defined photography. The rise of artificial intelligence further complicates this landscape by creating images without the skill of a photographer. In response, a new generation of photographers is gravitating toward vintage cameras that produce imperfect images, emphasizing a more authentic, slower approach to capturing reality. Notably, Kayhan Jafar-Shaghaghi's large-format still-lifes embody this movement, favoring aesthetic depth over technological convenience.
Recent developments in digital photography have made possible and absurdly easy what was once impossible and unthinkable: dozens of shots per second, shooting in near-darkness, and even video, captured before the shutter is actually pressed.
There is a reaction against this automatization of vision, however. Younger photographers are choosing relatively low-tech older cameras that yield a recognizably 'imperfect' filmic look, less sharply focused, and otherwise violating digital dogma.
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