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Analog photographic film - 1980's-1990's

My mom has kept her analog camera since it was the latest technology available up to... well I guess until the thing stops working. I often find myself thinking about how things made back in the day - things like shoes and coats and bags - were made to last which is great because you don't have to spend your life spending money on new things. For some reason it's fun to be nostalgic by not only sharing old stories with your oldest friends, but also by wearing leather riding boots (even though you have no idea what 'tack' means) and decorating your living space with bright oranges and nearly khaki greens that you saw on That 70's Show.

Though it would be embarrassing for me to pull out an old camera that is ridiculously special feature-less, mom knew all along the pointlessness of replacing something if it ain't broke. You could also argue that pictures caught on film are more real and capture truly candid moments because there's no such thing as instantly looking at the picture you just took and deciding to delete it to take a better one. There's something special about the off-colours and the grainy look, something Instagram recognized and was able to capitalized on. Here are a few photos my mom captured that I think could have been taken over 20 years ago.