As Lockdown continues so too has my passion for the Polaroid. I have been getting to grips with the 250 Land Camera as well as my SX70 and One Step to produce, I suppose, a form of journal created during this pandemic. The work covers a series of triptychs as well as some good old experimentation and play. I really don’t know where it is heading, but it’s certainly keeping me occupied.
Developing the idea of A New Commodity (see last post), I created four triptychs. Whilst the actual photographs are rather interesting 4x6 images, it’s the negatives that I love. Grainier, rougher and greyer - a perfect reflection of our present times. The scanner adds an extra dimension and unpredictability as it emphasis the light streaks caused either from the removal of the film from the camera or from peeling the film apart - both requiring a certain knack that I haven’t, it appears, quite mastered..
These are my newly acquired Lockdown Skills-set. I have become proficient in Commerce and Economics, Hairdressing (both scissors and clipper skills), Growing veg - in an effort to be self-sufficient (can one live on rocket alone?) and finally Dentistry - a broken tooth from day one of Lockdown did not bode well …