"Found Photography" Photobooth, Paris, France

Photobooth portrait, Paris, France. Circa 1996.

PARIS, FRANCE

This is not my idea.  In fact, it’s not really the idea of Amelie.  I know, I know.  That’s sacrilege to say, but one of my friends in Paris in 1996 started collecting leftover portraits from photobooths as a hobby.  In fact, it was a little trend that caught on.  I had a pretty good collection going at one point, but I can only find one now.  This gentleman, along with hundreds of others, probably just got frustrated with waiting or didn’t understand that he had to wait a full three minutes. Whatever the reason, there is something a bit artistic about the double diptych, not one representation but an identical four.  In addition, the black and white prints that come out of the old machines have a texture and feel that is fantastic. Too bad I can’t call myself the photographer, just the collector of interesting photographs on this one.

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