It was really great to meet the very talented  amtrack88 at FCN this year. He a super awesome guy and he draws really amazing artwork. He brought a really old Polaroid land camera with him to FCN this year. I was amazed they even still made film for this camera. I'm a sucker for old vintage stuff like this and was super excited when he offered to take my picture. The scanner really does not do this picture justice on how cool this photograph actually looks. It looks just like one of those pictures you would find in a box at your grandparents house.

Today we swim in a sea of digital photographs which are very actuate and to the point. They show us everything and nothing at the same time. The data allows us to see but physically there is nothing. Nothing to hold or touch. Sure you can print out digital photos but they too are just copies of the invisible data. Nothing more than just ink that can be replicated infinite times. Having a Polaroid picture in your hand has the feeling of realism. Nothing is doctored or false. What is on the picture was physically in front of that film when the shutter snapped open, locking in that split second of time forever. Once exposed there is only one of its kind that can never be replicated. This picture will never have detail of digital photo or have the perfect exposure but I think subconsciously this is what makes these types of pictures better. It makes our brains work to fill in the missing pieces. You get connected to the photograph. Digital photos eliminates all guess work. All the information is in the image and leaves the mind nothing to do but to just look at it. Its these types of things digital photographs will never achieve.