In reply to Le Sapeur:
There’s a genre of photography called Snapshot Aesthetic. Came about when brands and younger people were so bored or festooned with posed shots for fashion that they’d just chuck people in a room with a camera and see what came out of it.
Hugely popular in the mid 2000’s, American Apparel, even Patagonia (there’s that photo of the woman eating chips with sauce down her top)
Back to the point, this photo captures snapshot aesthetic perfectly. A moment in time, unplanned, raw, natural, not perfect. Captured forever and would stand out a million miles if laid out on a table with 1000 generic climbing photos of the ilk that fill the UKC archives. I love it and would love something like that as a momento for myself. I do shoot on film but they’re always a little too polished. I Need to loosen up and grab a disposable it seems!
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