Here is one of my favourites from a series that I've been working on over the past month.

Bodyscapes: Untitled No. 148, 2019 22"x48"

So providing critique by visual analysis via lines to show and discuss composition is editing. That's interesting.

Here are some installation photos from my 3rd MFA critique of the semester this week. 1.5 years left to go in the program.

The prints are from my series "Bodyscapes"

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I don't get involved here much anymore but out of curiosity I just went through many of the comments in FYC many of which are the topic here.

What truly amazes with both sides is seeing so many older people act like such children over small issues on a photography forum. I am disturbed by how sensitive people can be over these little things. How is it to take such things so personally, be so easily offended and get so defensive when faced with any criticism?

I couldn't survive in the real world let alone the pressure cooker of art grad school that I am currently in if I had such thin skin. It's even funnier to have this viewpoint as a "millennial" the supposedly oversensitive situation.

As someone who currently in their 2nd year of a 3 year MFA, I find your second sentence to be a massive understatement. The comments in our MFA critiques if said on here would likely get one banned from this site entirely. As a result I generally keep my mouth shut and don't bother critiquing on here. If I do, it is highly moderated.

Yep. David Burnett. He is an amazing photojournalist who has photographed many major events throughout history. He also has photographed the Olympics using a Speed Graphic and covered the 2004 elections with a Holga.

Here is his website:
https://www.davidburnett.com/

You can have a photograph without a camera. The only requirement to create a photograph is light sensitive material.

As far as the discussion, "does gear matter?"; it does matter, however, it is relative to the desires of the photographer.

This is hopefully not the case. The vinegar smell likely is remnant chemicals in the film because of improper washing. However, a strong vinegar smell can be a sign of decay in the cellulose acetate film base.

https://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/vinegar-syndrome

https://www.nfsa.gov.au/preservation/preservation-glossary/vinegar-syndrome

Should have mentioned that I moved for grad school. I don't have my home darkroom near me and didn't bring any of the equipment with me.

The main thing that is stopping me at this point is time. The good thing though is that it has pushed me to experiment more.

The camera obscura dates back even further than that. Ibn al-Haytham is often mentioned in relation to the camera obsscura because of his Book of Optics. http://www.ibnalhaytham.com/discover/who-was-ibn-al-haytham/

It is likely that the concept dates back further than this as well.

Finally took a break from the darkroom for a few months. I had been constantly working in a darkroom for nearly the last ten years. Between working in my home darkroom and working 20 hours a week in the darkroom at my museum job it started to wear on me.

I've developed a bit of film over the past few months but I haven't done any major darkroom work. I'm starting to really miss it. Thankfully, I have easy access to the university darkroom but not enough time. Hopefully I will find time soon.

Upgrade your thinking not your camera. Don't make just better images but more interesting images. This is something that must come from us and our experiences. No camera can do this for us

Hej Bosse. Välkommen!

Good advertising. The job of advertising is to create demand even when there may not be any.

I myself will not be "upgrading." I have a Canon 5D mkIII that I bought around four years ago and I intend to use it until it is not worth repairing. The latest and greatest equipment will not make my images more interesting or better. That is work that I have to do.

Sorry. I only noticed that after I posted.

The Canon Rangefinders started out as Leica clones and Canon over time made modifications that made a wonderful series of cameras. They stopped producing them in the 1960s.

I was hoping that their new mirrorless camera would take some stylistic cues from their rangefinders similar to Fuji's mirrorless offerings. Sadly they didn't. It is likely as others have pointed out that an adapter for Canon mirrorless for L39 lenses made be in the future.