The future demise of Ilford came to me as completely unexpected, and yesterday i found myself thinking of choosing a new paper , but the prerequisits where no more paper characteristics, but the financial solidity that the company has in the market. This is a rant , a release of frustration, a panick attack, fear for the fruture of photography, the real one. I was discussing this issue with a person yesterday, and seems that the future of photography will soon be its past, when the craftsman used to coat his own paper and plates. I might be going too far with this , but the way i see it is that soon sensitive paper will be very costly, students and young people won't be able to buy it anymore, reducing greatly the reason for the companies left to produce these products. In the area of the aficionados, the "not so aficionados after all", will go digital so that we will be lost and isolated in an ever decreasing number of silver worshipping nuts. How much money a serious amateur will be willing to spend in this creative field already among the more costly for cameras and lenses etc... In the meantime the availability will be decreasing even more..... Forgive me this rant , its object it isn't to be a reasonable one , but just what it is , and primarily to hear the frustration of other people who love this medium and don't want to see it gone . If i could afford it , i would buy a walk in refrigeretor ......
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