It seems exceptional, looking back 50 years, that the fully functioning electronic cameras of the 1970 s were 100 % mechanical– requiring no batteries or circuits. The Agfamatic 2008 is analogue-age excellence.
By Jesse Karjalainen
I am looking through my old baby pictures in the albums featured in the previous article. There’s me swaddled in a child blanket, another of me sitting plum on the floor beside a big guitar– before I had found out to stroll or crawl.
The most obvious aspect of these pictures are the near-comical clothes. While the 1970 s are stereotypically recognized for the flared pants and flower tee shirts, these photos prior to me reveal something unexpected. Amongst the huge hats and beards in the numerous images are a freakishly a great deal of fabric wall hangings. That isn’t what I link the 70 s with.
I don’t know if this was a Nordic thing or something of a more generally global pattern in 1974 In one image, I can see a porcelain piggy …