pOLAROIDs (00-07)
In October of 2000, I received a package in the mail on the day on my 22nd birthday, just before my mom and I drove to Deer Lake to celebrate my birth and our collective day off of work. After art school I had returned to my hometown to clear my head and took a job working in the shrimp processing plant in Jackson’s Arm. By the time October rolled around I had worked there for over six months and although the money was nice, I was severely discontent with my job and my surroundings. Amongst other presents the parcel contained a Polaroid one step camera, and several packs of film. I was quite happy with this gift and immediately ran into the yard and snapped off several quick photos of some hose that my dad had lying around. Over the next eight years I would take hundreds of Polaroid photographs.
Most were just of my friends, although there were the occasional attempts at wit and/or aesthetic. Here are nine from the first seven.