Darkroom as Recreation

[johnastovall]

"Darkroom is on the way out, on the way down, Banco Unpopular. Easy to kick, backward-looking, subject to ridicule (gentle and otherwise). But there's nothing inherently wrong with darkrooms. They have at least one good thing going for them: they're not computers. Anybody out there dying to spend more time at the computer? Are there legions of people today who prize what little computer time they get, and just feel they do not spend enough hours basking in the glow of monitors and clacking away at various sizes and kinds of keyboard? Just aching for some valid excuse to spend just a little more time that way? Any excuse will do?..."


Full essay by Mike Johnson.

[venchka]

Amen Brother!

[kenw]

This is the same argument I use for the folks that like to take Civics et al and add stickers, fins and Bembro brake systems.

Don't tell me it is faster or better, tell me you like it and enjoy it. No one can argue that.