"In the Moment" 1984

I couldn’t afford sheet film and 4x5 film holders for my Graflex (an old press camera from the 1940’s) so I fashioned a Polaroid back for the Graflex by buying a plastic Polaroid camera at a flea market, sawing it in half, and then, affixing the back half of the Polaroid to the back of my Graflex. Then, I was able to us Polaroid “positive/negative film.” This film is unique because you can see the image right away (from a positive image) and get a negative from which you can print. Getting a positive image was important because I couldn’t focus through the ground glass back like normal. I had to use a side mount rangefinder, which was too small to see through clearly. -srj