The premise of No Computer was straightforward: every artist in the show had to carry their work through the entire process by hand, from exposure to final print, without a screen involved at any stage. No scanning, no editing software, no digital output. It sounds like a constraint, and it is one, but the more useful way to think about it is as a different relationship with the image.

Most photographers shooting film today still process their work digitally somewhere along the way. The results can be excellent. But the editing layer changes something about how you think at the moment of taking the picture. When you know the image can be revised later, the stakes at the point of exposure are slightly lower. Working entirely in analogue removes that option, which tends to sharpen your attention.