Nine Trash Visions (American Midwest)

Nine Trash Visions (American Midwest)

LibArt 2025

This piece is a response to the continued popularity of film movements such as lomography, which prioritize the particular quirks of lower budget film cameras in order to achieve lo-fi, experimental, and/or unexpected results. Often, these photographers are encouraged to purchase low quality cameras, many of which are manufactured new specifically for this purpose. I was uncomfortable with the notion that one needs to buy something new in order to achieve a particular effect, especially when it is not a matter of photo quality itself, but rather, done to obtain a surprising result (not to mention the associated costs and environmental impact of purchasing and developing film).

Nile Russo
English major

2025

Belong to Creator

Digital photography
22" X 16"