Over on Gizmodo Michael Hession writes about Joseph Holmes, The Booth exhibition on view at the Museum of the Moving Image. Hession notes:
Before digital took over, a theater's projectionist used to be an essential part of the business. Their mastery of the equipment made a trip to the movies possible. A series of photos by Joseph O. Holmes documents the remains of a dying profession.
The Booth is a project exploring the people, places, and processes behind the last remaining holdouts of analog film projection. Holmes visited theaters in the north-eastern United States for the project. His striking portrayals of tiny dim rooms, scattered equipment, and reels of celluloid seem ancient even though it was only a few years ago that theaters started to convert to digital projection systems en masse.
To check out the full article with images head over to Gizmodo. Be on the lookout for the images added soon to the JBG site.