“Sometimes, if I crave silence I turn to my Land 250. The experience of taking Polaroids connects me with the moment. They are souvenirs of a joyful solitude.” – Patti Smith
Her greatness and importance in the world of music is undeniable and well known, as are her creativity and poetic soul.
The less known talent of Patti Smith is her inquisitive eye. A few years ago she had her first major photography exhibition named Camera solo. Her misty black and white Polaroids, over seventy of them, are just what you expect them to be considering the eye behind the camera – dark, almost morbid, very personal. Subjects of the photographs are her family members and her artist friends, streets and graves, sculptures and „talismanic“ objects, as she calls them, the atmosphere and herself.
As a part of the exhibition, the part of exhibition that will last, there is a book with the same name and the same Polaroids.
You can find Camera solo on amazon.com or check out your local bookstore.
photos: The Guardian, Lomography, Flavorwire
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