All Through a Lens: A Podcast About Film Photography
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This episode is all about Kodak’s recent price increases: Why’d they do it? How high will they get? And what the hell do we do now? But it’s not just us who will be talking – we asked a few former guests and some friends of the show their thoughts on it.
There’s also the answering machine, Tiffen Sinclair, Autochromes, and zine reviews.
Kodak’s Price IncreasesKodak recently announced that starting in January 2022, they’d be raising the prices on nearly all of their film. Well, they didn’t exactly announce. They emailed the stores who buy directly from them and the news leaked out.
This follows a roughly 20% increase from last year, a similar increase the year before that, and a 10% price hike for 2018. To put things in a bit of perspective, a five-pack of Portra 400 in 120 cost $29 in 2018. As of now, it’s $55, so come January, that same pack will be closing in on $70. In less than four years, the price of Portra will have more than doubled. Quite a lot of film has.
So we got to wondering – what do some of the friends of the show have to say about the price increases? How are they dealing with it? And how will it affect their work going forward?
We talked to Brandy B, Charley Camugila, Danielle Wrobleski, Hannah Grace, Jamie Maldinado, and Kat Swansey and got their takes on all of this.
Brandy: @film_diary_of_a_redhead
Charlie: @casualscience
Danielle: @girlwithtoomanycameras
Hannah: @h.gracephoto
Jamie: @jamiemphoto
Kat: @katswanseyphoto
As part of the piece, we also talked with Blue Moon Camera out of Portland.
@bluemooncamera
AutochromesSomehow me managed to have a minute or two to talk about an old color process called autochromes.
Here are some examples of them:
Tiffen Sinclair tells us about two photo books that inspire her on weeks where she does nothing photographic.
Be Happy by Igor Samolet
Fuck Me by Josh Kern
Zine ReviewsEverything is So Beautiful Today by Stephanie Gonzales
https://www.etsy.com/listing/695992839/everything-is-so-beautiful-today-zine
The Need for Restlessness by CC Camuglia
https://shop.themselvespress.com/product/the-need-for-restlessness-cc-camuglia
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THE CREDITS OF ENDINGMusic by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines
Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
Tiffen: IG
All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
Dev Party – Don’t Talk To Me Before I’ve Had My Caffenol!
Kodak Girls and a Photographic Revolution (w/ Angel O’Brien) - Episode 56
Dev Party – Spilling the Tea with Cyanotypes
Through Magpies and Song: Listening to Images (w/ Jordan Tiberio) - Episode 55
Dev Party – A Crash Course in Remjet Surgery
Dev Party - X-Ray in the Tickle Tent (Again-ish)
We’re Still Not Back, But Here We Are
Dev Party - Technically Technical Almost Panchromatic
It’s the End of the Year As We Know It (And We’re On Break)
Dev Party - Pulling Not Pushing
Disposable Cameras and Their Permanence (w/ Jenny Sampson)
Dev Party - Encouraging Casual Conversation (while Developing)
Murder vs. Death: Books of Crime Scene Photos (w/ Jon Hilty)
Dev Party - The Great Exchange
Nailed to the Xtol (or Maybe Exel)
Carte de Vistas: The First Social Media Experiment (w/ HawnFawn)
Dev Party - Devil is in the Double X
Ghosts, Orbs, and Exploding Nitrate Film (with Dave Wilson of Victorian Photography Studio)
Dev Party - The Loneliest Pine
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