Friday Flickr Feature - Joseph Zorn
Joseph Zorn - from the suburbs of Chicago - takes gorgeous Polaroids of the places he sees every day. I was able to ask him a couple of questions about his quiet photographs.
How do you go about locating the empty, lonely spaces found in your Polaroids?
They are spaces and scenes that surround where I live. The pictures I take are little tributes to what I see around me every day. I drive around and see what fits into what I want to show.
Why do you find yourself attracted to these places?
These are places and objects that have a story to tell. I think there is some drama to be seen there.
How do you feel about the ‘death of Polaroid’? Do you still have a stash of film and what will you do when it is all gone?
I think it is very sad. I was kind of lost when I stopped taking Polaroids. I quit when they stopped making Time-Zero/SX-70 film. I could have continued with 600 but I never liked it as much and had a suspicion that it might soon be gone. I stopped taking polaroids over two years ago and have done quite a bit of work since with my Holga camera.
Which of your Polaroids is your personal favourite?
I don’t really have a favorite. They all have something different to offer. The first picture I took in 2003 with an SX-70 camera turned out pretty good. And there are a few much older pictures that I took with a Polaroid One-Step that kind of paved the way for what I’ve done more recently.
You can find more of Joseph’s photographs on his Flickr page.
Every Friday internet jogging features an artist, series or something special Chelsee finds while scouring the white, pink and blue treasure trove. We call this the Friday Flickr Feature.
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