{"id":7406,"date":"2015-04-02T02:54:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=7406"},"modified":"2020-10-04T12:18:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T20:18:18","slug":"randy-wells-automotive-travel-photographer-writer-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=7406","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Marc-Bolan-On-Tour-Bus-012s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Marc-Bolan-On-Tour-Bus-012s.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Marc Bolan On Tour Bus\" width=\"330\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Marc-Bolan-On-Tour-Bus-012s.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Marc-Bolan-On-Tour-Bus-012s-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MECHANICAL CAMERAS IN A DIGITAL AGE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At a very fundamental level, humans are defined and shaped by their use of tools. Tool use is the basis of human culture, and the tactile experience provided by using a tool is profoundly significant for human flourishing. Ironically, now that people spend so much time in a two-dimensional universe there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a renewed acknowledgment of the pleasure to be found in the aesthetics and use of beautiful three-dimensional objects. The mechanical camera underlines the quirky, humanistic qualities of instruments created by hand. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A mechanical camera is only partly a photographic device. It is also a complex and nuanced tactile object.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/leicaphilia.com\/why-a-mechanical-film-camera-in-a-digital-age\/\">Leicaphilia<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>(Marc Bolan w\/ Nikon F photo: Unknown)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MECHANICAL CAMERAS IN A DIGITAL AGE? &#8220;At a very fundamental level, humans are defined and shaped by their use of tools. Tool use is the basis of human culture, and the tactile experience provided by using a tool is profoundly significant for human flourishing. Ironically, now that people spend so much time in a two-dimensional &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=7406\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7406"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20361,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7406\/revisions\/20361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}