George Bonanno
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I think you’re mistaken sevo. Maybe in Germany that’s the case but not here in the States or in South Ease Asia.
Paul Jenkin
Well-known
From a UK perspective it tends to be late teens to early 30s who are desperate to fit in. At the moment, there's this craze for shaved back and sides with a big hairy fop haircut, a big, bushy beard, with loud patterend shirts and skin tight trousers. A bit like "Mumford and Sons" without the guitars and barn dance music. They are usually photographing using an iPhone or some Holga/Diana plastic thing - loaded with some redscale or other Lomo "stuff". I see a lot of them in London, where I work.
When the next craze hits, they'll be living the dream on that.
Essentially, they seem to be hell-bent on being part of "the scene" - whatever the most popular "scene" happens to be at that moment.
When the next craze hits, they'll be living the dream on that.
Essentially, they seem to be hell-bent on being part of "the scene" - whatever the most popular "scene" happens to be at that moment.
George Bonanno
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Paul, What’s wrong with being part of “the scene” ?
Most of us seem to be part of this RFF scene.
I mean really, you have more cameras that you know what to do with.
Most of us seem to be part of this RFF scene.
I mean really, you have more cameras that you know what to do with.
35photo
Well-known
Yep, that's it! They just go with trends..be it clothing, cameras, etc and they try so hard to be cool its really obvious and painful to watch..
Wulfthari
Well-known
Strange, I always thought the "hipster camera" was the Pentax K1000.
Hipsters are pumping the quotations of the 1000 above and beyond everything imaginable when the camera was in production and it was an humble tool for students.
Rikard
Established
People are generally angry with any type of movement/subculture that goes against the general value system society is built on.
Look at that guy riding a bike. Why don't he get a car like a normal person! Does he think he's better than us ordinary folks?
But really is it so bad to see organic food stalls, micro breweries, and small cafes competing with McDonalds, Budweiser and Starbucks?
Some people might try to hard (with their clothing, hairdos etc). But why anybody else would be bothered by that is beyond me.
Look at that guy riding a bike. Why don't he get a car like a normal person! Does he think he's better than us ordinary folks?
But really is it so bad to see organic food stalls, micro breweries, and small cafes competing with McDonalds, Budweiser and Starbucks?
Some people might try to hard (with their clothing, hairdos etc). But why anybody else would be bothered by that is beyond me.
It's a derogatory term used by seemingly mainstream people to describe anyone who may have tastes that are different than what those people consider the norm. They are perceived as "trying too hard" because the person judging them feels whatever the hipster is into is silly. I think people confuse the term hipster and poseur way too often. In reality, both groups (mainstream folks and hipsters) are two sides of the same conformity coin and both are equally judgmental if you are in the wrong group.
Sparrow
Veteran
... back in the 1970s hipsters were pants
mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
To be fair, I suspect try-hards are just that, not 'real' hipsters (whatever that means). A couple of years ago I spent some time living near the then-claimed centre of hipster-dom in Melbourne (which itself is likely more hipster than anywhere else in Oz), in Northcote:
http://www.weekendnotes.com/how-to-survive-the-hipsters-in-northcote/
I was in Preston - and if you took the 86 tram into the City you probably passed through the "tree-rings" of Melbourne hipsterdom. Out Preston/Northcote way were a lot of young people trying to work their way through University or technical school (often part-time, with full-ish time work in non-flash jobs while living in share houses) or post-schooling young people trying to get established in a post-GFC world that's not treating them well. Their interests, enjoyments, fashions etc. were mostly set by their relatively minimal means.
Meanwhile, their suburbs were gradually being gentrified out from underneath them, by people who perhaps liked their style but not so much the limited means by which they'd come to it. Move inwards (through Clifton Hill to Collingwood/Fitzroy) and you'd find the mostly already-gentrified, with styles more copied than lived - and most certainly purchased at a different price-point. And so it goes.
To equate the wealthy try-hards with the people actually setting the styles is, I think, to rather invert the progression.
...Mike
alistair.o
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sevo
Fokutorendaburando
It used to be so - or any other low or no budget camera, whether 2nd hand or Lomo-like toy. But as I said, the early definition of hipsterdom was more than 15 years ago, they have moved out of being adolescent, and at least some have upscaled.
megido
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Hipsters were originally trend setters as opposed to trend follwers
You can't be a hipster if you look like all the other 'hipsters'.
You can't be a hipster if you look like all the other 'hipsters'.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Weird shoes, slim fitting pants with a crutch that sags, facial hair, body shirts and a faint odour of patchouli. 
Paul Jenkin
Well-known
1. I didn't say that there was anything wrong with "the scene" - and, as a matter of fact, I don't believe there is. The fact that I have no desire to be part of it does not automatically infer anything.
2. Most of us? I would have thought all of us, to some extent.
3. I'm not sure how your comment about what cameras I own and use is relevant to this thread. Whether I know (or don't know) what to do with the camerass I own is sheer speculation on your part. I wouldn't presume to make any reciprocal comment.
skibeerr
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Hepcat comes from hepatitis, an affliction spread among heroin addicts by sharing needles.
skibeerr
Well-known
I enjoy the Hipster culture in Melbourne.
I also enjoy watching the punters waiting at the stall in Vic Market while Hip Baristas perform the sacred coffee ritual.
Very slow but with so much style.
No Keith, not a cuppa chino :angel:
I also enjoy watching the punters waiting at the stall in Vic Market while Hip Baristas perform the sacred coffee ritual.
Very slow but with so much style.
No Keith, not a cuppa chino :angel:
grouchos_tash
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I hate the idea of a hipster mainly because I love film, vinyl and brewing my own beer. I also have a beard, short back and sides and eat a 'healthy' diet. All at the same time as being in the right age bracket (30). It's frustrating because I feel some people think I'm trying to fit in and I'll just look unfashionable in a few years time haha.
02Pilot
Malcontent
The most fascinating thing about observing high concentrations of hipsters in their natural environment (Portland, Williamsburg, etc.) is that they seem to be taking great pains to assert their individuality though outward appearance and behavior, yet their methods of doing so conform to such a narrow spectrum at any given time that they actually appear functionally identical. I believe one may have to immerse oneself in their culture to learn to identify the finer points of hipsterism. Any volunteers? At least you've already got cameras to accessorize with....