We spent last Sunday as church looking through the MGA (monash gallery of art) looking through a series of photographs by a father and son, Rex and Max Dupain. It was quite relaxing and yet really tiring and intense.

It got me thinking about how more and more people are turning their backs on digital cameras in favour of film SLR camera's. Not all people are doing it, digital cameras are hugely popular but it seems that people are still pursuing old school photography as art, digital images are a bit Passe as it where.

This got me thinking back to a previous blog, there is something about the purity and subtle mystery when having a film developed. There is also a sense of purity when the photograph is viewed, knowing that it has not been manipulated in anyway before being processed.

The other huge thing is the remaining passion, by younger people for black and white photographs. There is something more simple about black and white photographs. It is clean and uncomplicated, for a society that is bombarded with constantly changing images where one never knows whose head is on whose body and pictures that have been airbrushed to be perfect, the simplicity of black and white photography is very appealing.

I wonder is this can be translated to spirituality, no need to airbrush or liven up the Christian spirituality, no need to go the hard sell, allow the blemishes to be seen and the expression to be 'pure' and more people will take the time to see the heart of what is happening.