Gowanus in Polaroid
Photograph by Dalton Rooney
Photograph by Dalton Rooney
The SX-70 gave me a lot of trouble today. Weird mechanical glitches caused a lot of over-exposed and blurry frames. At one point, it jammed and then spat three pieces of film at me all at the same time, all unexposed. I guess that’s what I get for buying a 30 year old camera on eBay for 20 bucks. I’m on the lookout for a spare.
While we’re on the subject of Polaroid, I came across this post today about a fellow who took a Polaroid every day for almost 20 years, right up until the day he died in 1997. There are 6,697 photographs in all, and it makes for a poignant and beautiful story.
May 21, 2008