Red Rot ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - yesterday i stepped out of class to have my portrait taken with a 20x24 polaroid camera. there are only about 5 of these cameras in existence. i know the MIT museum acquired one last year when they accessioned Polaroid's archives. MassArt owns a second. I'm not sure where the others are. it felt strange and nerve wracking. the spotlight in my face and the photographer's instructions coming mumbled behind a box and bellows the size of an oven. he kept saying "back up." i heard "buck up" and couldn't understand what he meant. aggression? my posture? my expression? and then the lights went black. an eerie transition from light blindness to night blindness and she clicked the shutter as i blinked. 12:52 a.m. - 2011-04-07 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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