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Holga As Art

7/16/2015

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It seems that Holga cameras are either on sale or going on clearance and this has made me wonder if they were being discontinued in the US.  I asked Google and I couldn’t find a definitive answer.  Freestyle had been putting out different series of them (colors) but they seem to have stopped at the HolgaGlo which are now all on clearance. 

It’s disquieting as a film shooter to continually wonder when the last order will be the last order.  At any rate I’ve decided to cover myself and order a few more 120s - the price is right and Rollei film is also on sale (gasp). 

I love to look at the Lomography website but I rarely buy from them unless its film.  I needed a few rolls of Lomo purple developed so I sent it in to them.  I received an email back that it would take 10 working days to process.  I was floored!  What takes 10 days to do anything anymore? 

I love going on Flea Bay and finding Cokin or Tiffen filters brand new for $10.  I hate finding on the Flea Kodak’s discontinued film stock which has taken price gauging to a whole new level.  It’s futile to think of what I could do if I had this film or that, but I do.  I feel that film photography is truly a fine art because it is becoming so rarefied.  The challenges it presents from cost to patience to declining equipment selections are mounting.

Though I don’t truly feel that film photography is in its last days I know that for me I’m always carefully weighing creative options because the reality is that the tools for my particular creativity are disappearing.
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