Reply To: "Grunge" photos: Faux or legitimate art?

[emf]

Lol – I guess if you spend your life trying to avoid such things it seems a bit weird that others purposely try to get them. It has become quite trendy, along with the whole instagram thing.

I think though, for some, it boils down to a matter of taste and background maybe. For example, my background is painting and printmaking, mediums in which you learn to enjoy exploit the ‘happy little accidents’. When I started darkroom photography, I was interested in the happy little accidents – like when the chemicals were a bit exhausted or things weren’t properly fixed and the prints (mono) would go pinkish or silvery.

One thing I really hate though is fake film frames/edges – on digital images!