From eau
The last Polaroid Week entry is a two-parter. The first piece is from eau, a New Orleans Gypsy who’s been enrapturing us on Fotolog for years now. After many months as a wandering refugee from the hurricanes, eau—Elizabeth Underwood—is back in NoLa, trying to heal, and helping others do the same through her brand-new community project, ArtinAction. She’s one of a kind.
I was happy to save Elizabeth’s pictures and words about her Polaroids for last; they seem to encapsulate a lot of what we’ve been getting at in the past several days.
After her photos comes the final group of your images, which bring Polaroid Week to a close. It’s been an amazing adventure. A million thanks to everybody who had fun participating in and reading the posts of Polaroid Week. I hope we can do another special focus soon. Holgas, anyone? —along
My Polaroid camera gives me photographs that look how the world looks to me if I see from my heart—juicy, somewhat feral, even mystical. This might explain why when I evacuated for Hurricane Katrina I left all my medium & large-format cameras, but made sure I had my Polaroid. It goes with me on overnight trips (toothbrush, cell phone charger, Polaroid), and when I am leaving for a place I may never return from. I can explain it but why bother? All that matters is that quick glossy shot that seems to emerge from a liminal space and says everything I would ever want to say. —Elizabeth
More eau, and the Last Polaroid Show
08/24/05
Bent down before lifting, not undone, not fallen but rising. The heat of it, the yellow and gold of it smelling exactly like heat, yellow gold. The bee nestling in is the bee of my heart, always working, always in love.
POLAROID!
The camera literally surprised me! Who knew there was film in it? Who, I ask you, knew?
THANK YOU EVERYONE
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13 Responses to “Thank You”
jkh_22 @ 2007-03-18 06:03:13 PM says:
no…thank YOU, sexy!
and as always, great editing, sequencing…great week.
polaroid_billy @ 2007-03-18 08:32:58 PM says:
a week to remember
thanks andrew for all the hard work
and fun
peace/love/Fotolog
p_b
cookieb @ 2007-03-18 08:48:12 PM says:
a great accomplishment andrew.
and thank you!
old_ness @ 2007-03-18 09:07:04 PM says:
great week! i don’t have a holga but i’m gonna love that week too.
epmd @ 2007-03-19 08:12:22 AM says:
thanks, this was a fun week
placeinsun @ 2007-03-19 08:26:00 AM says:
thanks for pulling them all together
what a fine week it was
sofia @ 2007-03-19 05:23:53 PM says:
i really love it…
beebs @ 2007-03-19 06:32:18 PM says:
awesome. that pola of you reminds me that chris and i decided last week that you look like elvis costello. just sayin’.
TRiS @ 2007-03-21 02:02:38 PM says:
Buenas las pic! …..
bdub @ 2007-03-23 12:32:34 PM says:
nice collection of polaroids coach!
bdub @ 2007-03-23 12:32:59 PM says:
oh, and beebs is totally right
laura @ 2007-03-24 11:17:13 AM says:
komo es esto de las fotos de aki?
me enkantan!!!!!!!!!
pitufina @ 2007-03-25 06:26:04 PM says:
estan muy
buenas
nos vemos
chusss