# Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement.

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/vintage-digicams-arent-just-a-fad-theyre-an-artistic-statement-2/
- Published: 2024-12-03T10:00:48-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Spanish director Isabel Coixet films with a digicam on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of the film “The International” on the opening night of the 59th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin in 2009. Photo credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images. Article by Brendan Nystedt, WIRED.com. ArsTechnica – November 29, 2024. This article originally appeared on wired.com. Today’s young adults grew up in a time when their childhoods were documented with smartphone cameras instead of dedicated digital or film cameras. It’s not surprising that, perhaps as a reaction to the ubiquity of the phone, some young creative photographers are leaving their handsets in their pockets in favor of compact point-and-shoot digital cameras—the very type that camera manufacturers are actively discontinuing. […] Click here to view original web page at arstechnica.com