When two photographers have a free evening and a few old packs of Polaroid film, it’s pretty clear what’s going to happen. I was visiting my colleague Peter Meulmann in Rheinberg. We wanted to expose a few 8 × 10-inch sheets and see what came of it. Photographers are just big kids at heart.
The exposure looked pretty decent. The sharpness probably did, too. However, we could only judge that in certain spots. Despite being stored in the fridge, the chemicals had dried out and were spread only over part of the sheet. There was a bit of an image there. The rest looked as if the Polaroid had changed its mind along the way.
So, a wind machine it is
Peter brought out the wind machine and continued taking digital photos. I sat in front of it, with my hair sometimes in my face, sometimes floating above it. In some of the pictures, I look surprisingly serious. The evening really wasn’t that serious.
The black-and-white portraits are by Peter. Thanks for the fun evening and for letting me know what my hair looks like when the wind is blowing against me.
