Harry Styles’ film photography experiment at his latest show has left concertgoers disappointed with many coming away with empty frames. At the sold-out show in Manchester, UK, this month, Styles banned smartphones, instead giving the 20,000 fans disposable cameras. The cameras, sourced from FotoFilm, came loaded with 27 exposures of ISO400 color print film and had a built-in manual flash – these usually retail for £15.99 a piece.
While the nostalgic sentiment of using a film camera to capture the magic of Styles’ first concert in over two years was a hit, many of the photos were not. In a recent Instagram post, Analogue Wonderland, a UK film photography company that has processed scores of the disposable cameras used at the show, has said “hundreds” have been duds.
