Selma Purac, a professor at Western University's faculty of information and media studies, said the digicam is just the latest in a long line of out-of-date technology to capture the youth zeitgeist: vinyl, yes, but also disposable cameras and instant cameras, reminiscent of old Polaroids.
Anya Chigak poses for a photo using an older digital camera in this 2022 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Anya ChigakThe photos are grainy, poorly lit or pixelated. The flash has washed out the subjects or illuminated only a portion of the scene. There may be a tiny orange time stamp in the bottom right-hand corner. "It captures the vibe a lot more than a clean photo taken by your phone.
They remind her of the contents of her parents' old photo albums, which she always preferred to the well-lit, perfectly crisp and immaculately edited pictures that populated her social media feeds. Her students and those younger than them, the ones embracing the digicam trend, came of age during the COVID-19 pandemic and are entering a precarious future shaped by climate and cost-of-living crises.
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