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BAD NEWS! Our old Canon SLR camera that my family bought back in the 1980s which I've been using to take Weirdcore photographs just died. I tried to save it but the damage was to great from decades of dust, rust & internal mechanical break-downs. This photograph, taken last month, is the last photograph I took using the old camera. *sigh* Well, it had a good run. We made all our memories using this camera before the arrival of digital photography - it deserves a proper farewell.

What is "WEIRDCORE"?
Weirdcore is a surrealist aesthetic centered around amateur or low-quality photography and/or visual images that have been constructed or edited to convey feelings of confusion, disorientation, dread, alienation, and nostalgia or anemoia.
Visually, it is strongly influenced by the general look and feel of images shared on an older internet, roughly a period spanning from around the late 90's to mid 2000's. Amateur editing, primitive digital graphics, lo-fi photography and image compression are some of the most common elements found in Weirdcore images.
Thematically, Weirdcore often conveys a feeling of dread, brought forth by its low quality imagery and a lack of context in regards to the location or the message being shown. This does not mean that Weirdcore is deeply rooted in horror, however, as the feeling of fear left on the viewer is merely a side effect of placing them in an unfamiliar setting or context. This is purely subjective however, and depends on the viewer, their own experiences and the content of an edit; while some people might find a Weirdcore image scary or ominous, others might feel nostalgia or even a feeling of comfort.
Photograph taken by me using my old Canon SLR (single-lens reflex) camera.

Description
BAD NEWS! Our old Canon SLR camera that my family bought back in the 1980s which I've been using to take Weirdcore photographs just died. I tried to save it but the damage was to great from decades of dust, rust & internal mechanical break-downs. This photograph, taken last month, is the last photograph I took using the old camera. *sigh* Well, it had a good run. We made all our memories using this camera before the arrival of digital photography - it deserves a proper farewell.

What is "WEIRDCORE"?
Weirdcore is a surrealist aesthetic centered around amateur or low-quality photography and/or visual images that have been constructed or edited to convey feelings of confusion, disorientation, dread, alienation, and nostalgia or anemoia.
Visually, it is strongly influenced by the general look and feel of images shared on an older internet, roughly a period spanning from around the late 90's to mid 2000's. Amateur editing, primitive digital graphics, lo-fi photography and image compression are some of the most common elements found in Weirdcore images.
Thematically, Weirdcore often conveys a feeling of dread, brought forth by its low quality imagery and a lack of context in regards to the location or the message being shown. This does not mean that Weirdcore is deeply rooted in horror, however, as the feeling of fear left on the viewer is merely a side effect of placing them in an unfamiliar setting or context. This is purely subjective however, and depends on the viewer, their own experiences and the content of an edit; while some people might find a Weirdcore image scary or ominous, others might feel nostalgia or even a feeling of comfort.
Photograph taken by me using my old Canon SLR (single-lens reflex) camera.