The good news for some of you is that the Polaroid 669 film is all but gone. I have one more shoot on Saturday and that is it. I am conflicted. It moves me on to something else which needs to happen, but I am crazy for this process. And I'll tell you a secret. I thought for certain that somebody would contact me about shooting something big for them. I just thought that when these images got out. . . . I have no commercial sense, though. And now that will never happen. It will not be me and Paolo Roversi and Sarah Moon hanging out together in the French Riviera. It is not going to be me and anyone hanging out anywhere at all. And the other secret--now I'm only hoping for a beautiful book, these printed 4"x5" on an 8"x10" page, images on facing pages only. Maybe after I've died (which doesn't feel too far off today). Q and C.C. will be executors of the images. It is written.
The bad news for some of you is that I have thousands of images that I haven't gotten around to developing yet. I have enough to keep putting them out for years and years and years. Some are inaccrochable and will remain hidden.
I'm still waiting for the Graflex to be fitted with the Aero Ektar lens. The fellow has had it four months now and has promised to get it done a dozen times. When I have it, I will consider the "next thing." I have ideas, but I must work with the camera first and know its limitations.
But this is boring talk. Forgive me. I am dull with pain. Pain will make you stupid. Or so it is with me.
'the next thing'...I want a next thing...can't seem to find it but I'm sure it's out there looking for me...
ReplyDeleteOh, I find the next thing always comes whether you want it or not. I'm getting a lot of the next thing right now. But I wouldn't recommend it.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the big deal putting a lens on a Graflex? Is it an SLR?
ReplyDeleteThe fellow has had it for four months now and hasn't worked on it. He told me it would be "a piece of cake." He called me last week to tell me that the mirror is too big for the Aero, but said he could cut it and it would still let me see the entire image in the viewfinder. I just won't be able to use wider-angle lenses on it now. But I only want it for this one lens, so that is O.K. I think. I am hoping this is a sign that he is feeling guilty and wants to get the camera out of the shop. I have exhausted my cache of Polaroid 669 which kills me for I love the look, but I need to get on to the next thing and the Aero/Graflex combo is it. Though I'll tell you that I am working with the Fuji color film now and am finding ways to make the look uniquely my own. It requires a bit more work than the Polaroid did and I have to do things differently when shooting it, but I am a clever fellow and will make something that is my own--I hope. Perhaps there is too much hubris here.
ReplyDeleteI'll let you know when the camera comes back to me. Thanks for asking.