Digital Analogue Digital Analogue
Digital Analogue Digital Analogue is a Photography project by German Photographer Finn Ickler shot in 2023 in Berlin on a Canon EOS 300X. It consists of prints of Photographs of digitally generated patterns.
 | ||||
| Author | Finn Ickler | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Germany | |||
| Genre | Fine Art Photography | |||
| Mediatype | ||||
| Photos | 12 | |||
| ||||
Background
The idea for this project started with Finn Ickler’s realization that as a modern analogue photographer, your work is almost always consumed digitally. To explore this dichotomy he embarked on the project using three rolls of expired Kodak Vision Pro 1 film, aiming to explore the intersection of digital and analogue by photographing programmatically generated patterns with a projector.
Work
This project captures patterns generated through Python, WebGL, YouTube videos, and test patterns, all projected and photographed using an analogue camera. Techniques like multiple exposure and long exposure were employed to layer and blend images directly on the film. The 20-year-expired Kodak Vision Pro 1 film introduced unique color shifts, dust, and physical damage, adding unpredictable textures and artifacts.
Themes
The project seeks to repeatedly traverse the boundary between the digital and analogue realms. Digital patterns are first recorded onto analogue film, which is then developed, scanned, and printed, completing a cyclical transformation. The film’s age contributes analog flaws, such as color distortions and emulsion damage, that merge with digital motifs like color test patterns, audio visualizations, and scrolling text. The resulting images evoke an uncanny reinterpretation of their digital origins, distorted by the imperfections of time and medium.
Gallery of scanned Images
 |  |  |  |  |
| "Untitled" | "Untitled" | "Untitled" | "Untitled" | "Untitled" |