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Originally Posted by ngdawg
Hmmm...
One of my teachers at Gibbs strongly recommended I contact his photography professor at Kean University to further my photography learning and add film and film development. I sent the professor an email, along with my site link.
He responded 'Film is a dying art. Photojournalism no longer relies on it-fewer and fewer in the private sector do; everyone uses digital for its immediacy." He went on to say that he couldn't steer me into film photography because there's simply no need for it as technology advances and the need for immediate results gets stronger. (my teacher was utterly shocked)
Interesting that it's still a credited subject then.
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It is definately a dieing art but I don't think that film will go out all together. My prediction is that it will become more and more a hobbyist thing like when film photography was first being practiced. Alot of the companies will probably switch to digital but there will a few very good companies that continue to serve the fanatics at higher prices.
As far as it being a credited subject, it is more at some places than others. At the school I'm at right now, the photography major is under the school of communications so of course the emphasis is on digital and more journalistic photography rather than more artistic. However, I was planning at one point on going to an art specific school and there film is much more emphasized.
I am a huge fan of film and I always will be. I use digital, in fact I started with digital but I enjoy working in the darkroom too much to give it up. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I like to work with my hands.