04/18/2026
Dolce & Gabbana press preview, 1997 — with Elsa Benitez.
Shot with a Mamiya RZ67, using the Mamiya-Sekor Z 110mm f/2.8 W, on Kodak TRI X 400 ISO film.
There was something different about that era… something sharper.
We shot on film. No screens. No instant feedback; the only feedback was a couple of Polaroids we shot before starting. Just instinct, experience, and trust in your eye. You had maybe 4 or 5 rolls—10 frames each. That was it. Around 50 chances to get it right.
And you had to get it right.
Every frame mattered. Every click was intentional. You didn’t “spray and pray”—you knew when you had the shot.
Today, we can shoot 100… 150… even more frames without thinking twice. Technology gave us speed—but it also took away a bit of that discipline, that precision, that hunger to nail the moment.
Film didn’t forgive.
But it trained you to be better.
