Originally Posted by
Mark Sawyer
Really, if there's enough of a market right now to keep printing-out paper in production and bring an alternative form of Azo back in production (as Michael Smith is pursuing), I think that, barring world catastrophe, there's enough of a market for mainstream b/w products that we'll have not only film and paper, but numerous options far into the future. (Then again, I'm predicting rotary-dial cell-phones will sweep the market...)
BTW, the fairly recent sci-fi movie "Minority Report" had an art-photographer still working in a darkroom far in the future. Don't know how many caught it, but it had to be a little statement from someone...