The Lo-fi Charm of Cheap Black and White Film

What a cheap 35mm camera and a budget film stock capture that modern digital cameras can't

The inside of an abandoned house in a public park in central Anatolia. After the government bought the area to produce a natural reserve, the houses were given over to nature. Photo by William Sidnam.

In an age of ones and zeros, one might be tempted to ask why anyone would want to shoot on film.

After all, if digital images are technically superior to analogue images in almost every respect, why opt for an…