A few friends and family came over for dinner and whatever, after which I gave everybody a bag of dried lavender from my garden. Amusingly, my friend Phil had no clue what to do with a bag of lavender! So I told him to stick his nose in the bag to see if he enjoyed the fragrant, dried blossoms and/or felt calmer after smelling them. He did so, but not without a bit of clownish behavior, placing the straps around his ears so it looked like a feedbag! 🙂

Of course, I had to take a couple of Polaroid Big Shot instant portraits of the moment, resulting in a “bag on” and “bag off” (before and after) capture of my friend. Turns out he enjoyed the lavender’s fragrance after his immersive feedbag inhalation of it, but I still wonder what he did with it when he got home…

The Big Shot “Reveal” Video:

Camera: Polaroid BIG SHOT Portrait Camera (circa 1973)
Film: FujiFilm FP-100c Color pack-film (Expired 2011)
Scanner: Canon Canoscan 9000F Mk II
Photographer: Russ Murray (vintage) 
Subject: Phil Helmers (an old friend)
Location: Stamford, Connecticut

// russ murray