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At age 17, Mike Brodie boarded his first train near his home in Pensacola, Florida, thinking he was going to visit a friend in Mobile, Alabama. Instead, the train went in the opposite direction to Jacksonville, FL. A few days later, Brodie took the same train back home, and he ended up right back where he started. Nevertheless, this sparked something, and Brodie began traveling across the United States by any means available—walking, hitchhiking, and hopping on trains. Shortly thereafter, Brodie found a Polaroid camera tucked behind a car seat. With no formal training in photography, the instant camera became a way for Brodie to document his experiences. To stay in touch with his community of travelers, Brodie shared his photos on various websites and thus earned the nickname The Polaroid Kidd [sic]. When the Polaroid film he was using was discontinued, Brodie switched to mm film mm a rugged camera from the 1980s. Brodie spent years crisscrossing the United States to amass a collection now considered one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. When asked about his approach to travel and photography, Brodie said: “Sometimes I take the train in the wrong direction or… whatever happens, a photo will come out of it, so it doesn’t matter where I end up.”
Published by Twin Palms Publishers, 2012
104 pages
29 × 34 cm
ISBN: 9781936611027
At age 17, Mike Brodie boarded his first train near his home in Pensacola, Florida, thinking he was going to visit a friend in Mobile, Alabama. Instead, the train went in the opposite direction to Jacksonville, FL. A few days later, Brodie took the same train back home, and he ended up right back where he started. Nevertheless, this sparked something, and Brodie began traveling across the United States by any means available—walking, hitchhiking, and hopping on trains. Shortly thereafter, Brodie found a Polaroid camera tucked behind a car seat. With no formal training in photography, the instant camera became a way for Brodie to document his experiences. To stay in touch with his community of travelers, Brodie shared his photos on various websites and thus earned the nickname The Polaroid Kidd [sic]. When the Polaroid film he was using was discontinued, Brodie switched to mm film mm a rugged camera from the 1980s. Brodie spent years crisscrossing the United States to amass a collection now considered one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. When asked about his approach to travel and photography, Brodie said: “Sometimes I take the train in the wrong direction or… whatever happens, a photo will come out of it, so it doesn’t matter where I end up.”
Published by Twin Palms Publishers, 2012
104 pages
29 × 34 cm
ISBN: 9781936611027
