Vegan Photography

[owlsie]

Is there a vegan equivalent to gelatin film?
I keep hearing that there isn't but then I hear that there is? Has anyone had any experience with this?

I would love to be able to use my film cameras again, thanks<3

Comments

[owlsie]

it has gelatin in it, so does photographic paper -_-

[owlsie]

i know mang, i have a serious thing for vintage cameras and i can't use them because of gelatin film ; ;

[bitspike]

I have two posts under the 'photography' tag which included similar discussions. Might be helpful to look through.

Link!

tl;dr version: if there is animal product free film and/or film processing, it would be incredibly difficult to find =/

ETA: Tagged your post!

[owlsie]

ty <3

[devolute]

I think that there are synthetic alternatives, but they are difficult to find, and not of archival quality.

I use a digital camera, but personally I think this is one of those cases in which veganism is beyond what is practical/feasible. I mean it depends on how serious you are about photography, and it would be great for you to find an alternative art form, but I wouldn't beat yourself up if you decide to use some non-vegan film. After all, many books are made with animal-based glues. I'm not going to stop reading.

[pagelife]

I agree. If we went 100% vegan for everything, there's actually not much we can purchase.

[devolute]

You couldn't even eat most produce! I just do the best I can. I don't cut corners, but I also don't beat myself up over having to make questionable choices like this.

[owlsie]

>>You couldn't even eat most produce!

this is true. animals get killed by accident in large scale harvesting

[peaceofpie]

Hmm, now I'm wondering if that also puts it in conflict with Jewish law for people who keep Kosher. I posted the question on weirdjews to see if they had any thoughts on the matter.

[peaceofpie]

Consensus seems to be that it's Kosher because you don't eat it. Never mind. :)

[bitspike]

Thanks for this. I find it quite interesting, and I know very little about kosher guidelines.

How weird.

[peaceofpie]

I grew up in a Jewish, non-Kosher keeping family. So, I knew what Kosher guidelines were, but we did not follow them in my family, so I did not know them as well as someone who actually followed them. They include a number of prohibitions against eating certain foods (pig products, shellfish and certain types of fish, anything which combines milk and meat products, etc) based on the Talmudic interpretations of dietary laws handed down in the Torah, but they do not apply to anything other than food, so Kosher law does not affect them.

[blinddogs]

I think that saying this is when it's okay to use an animal product, is frankly, bullshit. Hopefully no one who considers themselves vegan would consume a food product with gelatin because there's no alternative, I don't see how this is any different.

[jacques_strappe]

Oh noes, it's the vegan police. Enjoy not buying books, band-aids, and almost anything else that uses adhesives/glues.

[mangiati_vivi]

This.

[blinddogs]

That's a humorous assumption, but I'm far from vegan police. I make concessions in my lifestyle because I have no alternatives for certain things. There is a reasonable and accessible alternative to film photography. Books? Not so much.