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I am happier than a passing tranny that I will be regularly posting my Polaroids to Feast of Fools!
Thank you Fausto and Marc for allowing me to contaminate TastyZine with some of my work. If you want to know more about who I am, check my bio or drop me an email.
As most of us have heard, Polaroid has decided to discontinue their amazing instant film. That is a disturbing bit of news to people like myself who have been shooting with the stuff for years and consider it their medium of choice. I have a decent stash of film that will probably last me a full year and during that time I will be taking the most amazing photographs to shock, amaze and titillate.
What I’ll do here is upload some of the new stuff as well as share images from my extensive Polaroid archive. I wondered what FoF listeners and readers would like to see and decided: cute boys and drag queens, obviously! So that’s what I will be posting… more than likely with some deviation here and there, but we’ll see how that goes.
Hope you enjoy my work! Please check back every Friday and Monday for a couple of fresh photos.
This is an older Polaroid I shot of two drag queens years ago. I love this type of drag. They’re the kind of girls who really do look as if their names are Madge and Phyllis. They’re the kind of sweethearts that won’t bother competing with the more traditional beauties and are content to dress like 13-year old girls going to their first Junior Prom.
I think this guy’s expression is actually smoldering. How does one do that? He just exudes so much sexiness. I study this shot when I want to perfect my “sexy look”.
I had to include a Polaroid of Wilma Martinez on my first post to Feast of Fools. I know Fausto thinks she’s a hot betch and can’t wait to get a wet lap dance from her… don’t worry, Fausto, it’ll happen!
Wilma is one of the great fashion and glamour leaders of the world. When she’s not doing outreach cosmetic and make-up tutorials in third world countries, she often entertains at one of the local schools for the blind.
defekto says:
April 25, 2008 at 15:37Polaroid is analog photography. What makes it seem digital is that it takes five drag queens to scan it.
Mr. Bad Example says:
April 25, 2008 at 16:09lol… I just checked out your website. Great work. I was thinking about how Polaroids make everyone look like a hostage or like a mugshot. Perhaps once the film is gone digital cameras with have a “Polaroid” setting so we can be nostalgic for the embarrassing semi-pornography of the past?
defekto says:
April 25, 2008 at 19:29haa.. thanks. There is definitely something going to be lost with the “dirty” aspect of Polaroid if it all becomes digital. I love “Bedroom Polaroids”. Everyone will def. be nostalgic for something that they can’t have once it’s gone.
dave73 says:
April 26, 2008 at 01:33I personally never dealt much with Polaroid in the way of instant film, but there are others like yourself who will miss it. My Aunt Dawn is one of those who will miss it as she was too cheap to have a roll of 35mm film developed (and that’s about to disappear too, as it’s harder to find). But for me, it won’t be a big loss. I’ve been used to my digital camera and uploading the pics onto my pc, and editing them when needed.
Marc Felion says:
April 26, 2008 at 12:15Aren’t they licensing the film? i thought someone else was going to produce, it just won’t be Polaroid.
defekto says:
April 26, 2008 at 12:17Fuji will probably have some form of instant film and Ilford might do something w/ black and white, but it won’t be called Polaroid! I think it’ll be like comparing a strap-on to the real thing.
Fausto Fernós says:
April 26, 2008 at 14:09Well I’m sure the cost wont be the same, so you can expect this to quickly become a novelty, if it isn’t there already.
Polo Drew says:
April 27, 2008 at 10:13It’s sad to see an icon like Polaroid film disappear. I’ve been taking pictures since I was ten (many years ago). I remember taking photos with a Polaroid and in fact I still have a Polaroid camera here in the house. But them I have a bunch of old cameras here. While I’ve switched to digital, I do miss the film days at times. But developing them was lots of work. That was the great thing about Polaroid. It was instant like digital but in a digital age it’s hard compete since they can’t easily be posted or manipulated and the resolution is from days gone by. Max Pixelate!
Jim , I love the Polaroid coffee book table idea. The Polaroid photos on your site are great, true art. I’ll buy one when you produce it.
Drew
defekto says:
April 27, 2008 at 15:49Thanks, Drew. I hope you’ll continue to enjoy the photos I post here at FoF.
Robert says:
April 27, 2008 at 18:32Warhol did several books showcasing his polaroids. If he were alive this news would sadden him for sure.
defekto says:
April 28, 2008 at 07:43And you’d be hard pressed to find someone who looked prettier in drag than Andy. The Warhol Museum has a bunch of the Polaroids of him in drag…they are amazing.
Defekto aka Jim Lucio grew up in California and has made the East Coast his home since 1993. As a party promoter, photographer and man-about-town, he has gained local celebrity status in Baltimore, MD, where he currently lives and works. He considers himself the world's preeminent Polaroid portrait photographer and he loves horror movies, boston terriers and drag queens.
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Mr. Bad Example says:
April 25, 2008 at 15:35Interesting. How do we celebrate a medium lost to modern technology? We post it on the internets! Will the future refer to Polaroids as analog photography?