RF in Pottery Barn: What's the significance?

[bkrystad]

Browsing catalogs and thinking about what my tween daughter is going to be demanding next, I ran across this spread in the latest Pottery Barn catalog for teenagers. Is this just a whim of the set designer? A result of the collectible market for RFs? Or a ripple in the water of renewed interest in RFs and film photography? This is supposed to be attractive to teenagers. No digicams or iMacs in the scene.

Maybe I just need to set the catalogs aside and spend more time on RFF ... not likely.

Anyone else seeing RFs show up in ads and publications more frequently or am I just more attuned to spotting them?

 

[erikhaugsby]

Wannabe hipsters. Just like all the Apple computers they show on desks etc.

 

[dexdog]

Wannabe hipsters. Just like all the Apple computers they show on desks etc.

It is a retro accessory, suggests old time charm

 

[wontonny]

The set designer buys them on purpose so they can keep it after the shoot 😉

 

[m_arch]

I've seen a few movie stars with Leica 'accessories' recently. My last housemate was a photographer. He liked to use his Hassi as a book end. (took same fine photos with it too.)

 

[erikhaugsby]

The set designer buys them on purpose so they can keep it after the shoot 😉

Now if only my job would overlook the fine print on my contract so easily...

 

[visiondr]

Good design is simply good design. You wouldn't want to sell your wares alongside a nasty amorphous plastic everything DSLR would you? A classic Leica is timeless.

 

[amateriat]

This has been a staple of Pottery Barn cats (and Sundance, among a few others...say "Ralph Lauren" and I truly will scream) for some time now. A digicam du jour or MacBook sitting next to a pricey bit of "distressed" wood furniture (don't get me started on that phenom) doesn't fit the desired "vibe" of the catalog page. Not totally knocking this (hell, I like some of the furniture, too), but at times it can be a bit much.


- Barrett

 

[ChrisN]

I've seen a few movie stars with Leica 'accessories' recently. My last housemate was a photographer. He liked to use his Hassi as a book end. (took same fine photos with it too.)

Ah, excellent suggestion! Now I know what to do with that pair of Mamiya M645 SLRs! 🙂

 

[ibcrewin]

because film is cool.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

Simple. Pottery Barn is trying to appeal to the Leica crowd.
Talk about preaching to the converted! 😉

Chris

 

[Uncle Bill]

Pottery Barn is selling a mood. Looking at that catalogue photo, it looks like a guest house bedroom in Cape Cod circa 1960. So...the Leica M3/2 is the perfect accessory, it looks retro whereas a Canon 5D or Nikon D2x does not.