Category Archives: Polaroid
Somewhere, America
This set of images is from a brand new series… the newest of new really. I shot a good portion of these within the last three days, and I only just finished scanning this particular set early this afternoon. This new series is tentatively entitled, “Somewhere, America.” Here is my artist’s statement…
As a whole, the American roadside landscape has become highly gentrified. Almost no matter where we are traveling in this country we encounter the same roadside motifs. Gas stations, parking lots, signage, fast food restaurants, rest areas, other vehicles, and maybe the occasional motel on a longer journey. It gives the feeling that although we’re always somewhere, we could be almost anywhere.
This is especially true at night where the more distant landscape which defines a particular region is obscured by darkness. Yet as banal and ordinary as these ever-present roadside motifs are, we are all still constantly recording their visual stimulus as memories, fleeting as these may be. The American roadside landscape is a visual vernacular we all understand, even if it’s unintentional, as it’s imbedded on our collective subconscious.
By grouping four different motifs together as a single piece I want to allow free association between the individual images, thus constructing a visual framework to which each viewer will add their own thoughts, feelings, and memories about the American roadside landscape. “Somewhere, America” is intended to give each viewer a unique, albeit fractured narrative which examines a major facet of our automotive driven culture.
Deer Still Life
Here’s something a bit different too… I shot earlier this year while I was messing around with an old Polaroid Land camera I borrowed from a colleague. As we all know by now, Polaroid is no longer making film, so decided to try shooting with one of Fuji’s instant films which are newly available in the US market since the demise of Polaroid. I shot this with Fuji FC 100P instant medium format peel apart film. Regarding the unusual subject matter… someone told me they’d like to see what it would be like for me to shoot a still life. This was my answer.
The Last of The Polaroid Road
Here are the last 10 images from my The Polaroid Road series. I’d been posting 10 Polaroids at a time from the 50 image series for the last few weeks, so if you’d like so see the rest of the series look back further on my blog.
The Polaroid Road Installment 4
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Here’s the 4th installment of images from The Polaroid Road. Expect the final 10 images in the next few days…
The Polaroid Road Continued…
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Here’s the third installment of images from The Polaroid Road series I started posting last week. There’s another 20 images still on their way.
More images from the Polaroid Road
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Here’s the second installment of images from The Polaroid Road series I started posting a few days ago. There’s another 30 images still coming.
