The racism of photography

 

True story: modern cameras are racist. Most slide film, with it’s high contrast, was as well. “Kodachrome has great skin tones” was only true for white folks. Digital has actually been better at this for at least 10 years. But not at high sensitivities, and not always with video. And video is tougher to correct in post.

 

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/04/04/jezebel-explores-lingering-weakness-in-photography-making-dark-skin-look-go