Inspired by several creative friends — including James Tinnelly and Alex Fourier — plus the discovery by my kids of lots of my vintage Polaroid photos, I’ve caught the instant-photography bug, all over again! This time around, I’ve got it bad…
Why instant-photography? Well, it’s definitely NOT because I want to harm the environment and NOT because I’m turning away from digital photography. It’s just that digital is more about “capturing” and editing images, best for mobile phones, street photography, and studio/commercial work.
For me, the “analog-one-chance-to-compose-and-crop-in-the-viewfinder” approach of instant photography is more a process of “making a picture” (as Ansel Adams said) than just taking one. I’m visually, artistically drawn to the instant film look-and-feel, including its softness, vignetting, flash artifacts, light-leaks, aberrations, film tones, and colors. Oh, and those beautiful disasters when instant film gets jammed in the camera are awesome, accidental art!
A few of my Instant Photos:
My Instant Photo Projects:
- Project — Big Shot Portraits
- Project — People of the Agencies
- Project — Models & Talent
- Project — Polaroid Spectra
- Project — Polaroid 600 Film
- Project — Polaroid SX-70
- Project — Peel-Apart Pack-Film
- Project — Instax Wide-Mini-Square
Some Instant Photo Posts:
- Cheese Elf — Big Shot Portrait
- What’s up with POLAPROJECTS?
- 1 for you 1 for me — Instantly!
- Lorenzo’s Pizza — Big Shots
- Joe’s Pizza — Instax Wide
- Maize on a Red Door in Winter
- Barbed Wire Fences + Satellite Dishes
- A Day at the Museum with Friends
- #tbt (1986) Accidental Double-Beauty
- Portrait on New Polaroid Blue 600
- RIP Polaroid Spectra [Cameras+Films]
- 24-Hour Project — September 2022
- NY ComicCon — October 2022
russ murray 