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February 18, 2008
Ode to the Polaroid
I learned on Saturday that Polaroid last week discontinued its instant film. I'm heartbroken. B&H Photo is already out of the type I use in my Polaroid Land camera. I'm not sure if there's any hope that someone else will pick up production. That camera has always been a valuable tool for my painting. The picture quality was always eerie and a bit Edward Hopper-esque. Some of my best paintings used Polaroid photos as source material.
In homage, I'm going to be posting some of my collection of Polaroid photos here this week as I get them scanned. In some cases with the paintings they inspired. Enjoy.
Some of my first, best experiments with the polaroid Land camera:
This one became the basis for a number of successful paintings and etchings that were in my BFA thesis show.
A couple of the first Bloomington photos I took, including the quarry vistas that defined my body of work from about 1997-2000.
And I don't remember where this one came from, but I assume it's from the same era due to the subject matter.
Posted by mwashburn at February 18, 2008 06:55 AMPosted to Arts and Culture
Comments
When you went to the quarry, did you see Mike, Dave, Cyril and Moocher swimming? Did some frat guys challenge them to a swimming race?
Posted by: Jesse at February 20, 2008 11:59 AM
Actually, speaking of Moocher, Adam sort of looks like Jackie Earle Haley here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355097/
Posted by: Jesse at February 20, 2008 12:04 PM