My new girlfriend
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My next project should be finished around mid-August and it’s comprised of snapshots I’ve made in the past couple of months. My idea is to make it a highly personal document of this period of my life that’s coming to a close. As boring as that might 
sound, I have the first half of it laid out in InDesign and I’m very excited about it. I hope to make enough copies to send one to whoever is interested in seeing it rather than looking at it on the internet.
I was in New Jersey with Britt in May and I bought a Lori, a cheap Ricoh point and shoot camera from the early 80’s (the name comes from the sticker stuck to the camera by whoever owned it before I did), and I’ve carried this little camera with me literally everywhere since then. I’ve been resistant to working this way for the past couple of years because it’s so similar to the way I thought about photography when I first began doing it, before I know anything about anything. But for the kind of document I want to make, there’s really no better way to go about it. I’m really pleased with the images that are coming out of Lori. It’s been liberating to shoot without thinking, running to CVS to buy more Kodak Gold when I run out.
The only thing though is that the pictures aren’t nearly as crisp as they are coming out of my Nikon or Hasselblad, obviously. I’ve tried to let go of this go just like I let go of aperture and shutter speed and manual flash control but it hasn’t been working.
Because the nature of this project is so personal the photographs have a more direct connection to my life than the stuff I’ve done previously. Ridiculously, I’ve developed this kind of connection with the camera as well - i named it even - and this isn’t the first post I’ve made about the little camera. Soo, I’m feeling a little guilty, but today I replaced Lori with a Contax T2, an early 90s point and shoot with a Zeiss T* lens. It’s quite an amazing camera, we’ll call her Coni, and I’m pretty excited.
Lori’s not permanently on the bench, though. She’ll still see action when there’s lots of water around - I know she can take it.
July 26th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Sign me up for a copy of your project when you have copies available, Greg. I’d love to see your work!
July 27th, 2007 at 1:06 am
You got it. Here’s the list so far:
1. Liz Kuball
July 27th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
hey greg. sign me up as well.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Cute name for your new camera. I just bought a 350D body from one of my students, and she said I must continue to call her Eloise.
Also, I’d like a copy. :]
July 30th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
so, basically, you’re engaging in a polyamorous relationship with Lori and Coni. Interesting…
p.s. i’m very excited to get a copy of that book, as well.