part
1: allston 1997-1998
while not all of these polaroids were taken in allston proper, they each seem to revolve around some strange thing that is/was allston, massachusetts. and i think it's worth noting that this aforementioned 'strange thing' appears to be remarkably sympathetic to polaroid film. a friend once claimed that there was some distict ability on the part of the polaroid camera to decipher its subject's moods, regardless of how said person might be acting at the time the photo was taken. i guess this is true. it seems equally true that no matter how much you try to dress up allston with gentrified wraps and rocks and rolls, there is still a disquieting murmur in the corners--waiting for a polaroid to hear it, i suppose.
there are
a lot of people in these photographs and i've not asked permission to
post them... so, if you are here and you don't want to be, let me
know.