Film is not Dead

The Fujifilm Distinction awards are open again, an award with a completely open brief, the only thing is that the photo must be taken on Fujifilm and you are allowed to enter as many entries as you like, a good opportunity to get your work seen, as well as cash prizes for the top 3 photos chosen by the judges an exhibition is curated using the winners and the images that are awarded merits . Deadline is 1st of September so a long time to go and entry is free. Last years winners including Sarah Turton  an alumni from the AIB gaining third place. 

Sarah Turton's Third Place Entry

On the flip side Kodak is ranked (by Moody's) as one of the big companies that could not see the new year due to the recession (link), Kodak is really important to those who still shoot film such as myself even if you only shoot Fuji, with Kodak going we would lose competition in the film market thus giving Fuji the monopoly and this could potentially mean the end for film. Films like Portra and Tri-x are some of the best films produced and are used by professionals and amateurs alike and would be a great shame to loose. It would be a shame to loose these films and we might see an apocolypse style buying of kodak. 

Rev. Dwayne Morgan by me, shot on Portra

Shot on Kodak Tri-x by Mikko Toiviainen