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Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity by Michelle Bates

‘Plastic Cameras’ begins by introducing you to the history of plastic cameras, and how they’ve come to develop an almost cult status amongst photography students and fine-artists.

After the brief history lesson, there are portfolios for 23 different photographers who use plastic cameras on a regular basis. The images and artists displayed are well chosen and interesting to see.

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The Death of Photography by Andrew Smale

‘The Death of Photography’ is an essay about the perceived death of film photography, and the suitability of film photography as medium for fine artists. It deals with the attitudes film photographers face from the ever increasing digital world, and how going back to basics with manual film cameras can be truly liberating. As you would probably guess the majority of this information is based around the impact of the Holga and its ‘no frills’ feature set. Andrew then goes even more back to basics by discussing pinhole photography. Towards the end of the book there is an excellent guide to semi-stand developing with Rodinal.

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