A PERIOD OF JUVENILE PROSPERITY - Mike Brodie
At the age of 17, Mike Brodie took his first train near his home in Pensacola, Florida, thinking he would be visiting 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 home, returning to where he'd started. Nonetheless, this triggered something, and Brodie began traveling the U.S. by any means that were free - walking, hitchhiking and jumping off the train. Shortly afterwards, Brodie found a Polaroid camera wedged behind a car seat. With no formal training in photography, the instant camera was an opening for Brodie to document his experiences. To keep in touch with his community of travelers, Brodie shared his photos on various websites, earning the nickname The Polaroid Kidd [sic]. When the Polaroid film he used was discontinued, Brodie switched to 35mm film and a sturdy 1980s camera. Brodie spent years crisscrossing the United States amassing a collection, now considered one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. Asked about his approach to travel and photography, Brodie said: sometimes I get on the train in the wrong direction or... whatever happens, a picture will come out, so it doesn't matter where I end up.
Published by Twin Palms Publishers, 2012
104 pages
29 × 34 cm
ISBN: 9781936611027
At the age of 17, Mike Brodie took his first train near his home in Pensacola, Florida, thinking he would be visiting 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 home, returning to where he'd started. Nonetheless, this triggered something, and Brodie began traveling the U.S. by any means that were free - walking, hitchhiking and jumping off the train. Shortly afterwards, Brodie found a Polaroid camera wedged behind a car seat. With no formal training in photography, the instant camera was an opening for Brodie to document his experiences. To keep in touch with his community of travelers, Brodie shared his photos on various websites, earning the nickname The Polaroid Kidd [sic]. When the Polaroid film he used was discontinued, Brodie switched to 35mm film and a sturdy 1980s camera. Brodie spent years crisscrossing the United States amassing a collection, now considered one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. Asked about his approach to travel and photography, Brodie said: sometimes I get on the train in the wrong direction or... whatever happens, a picture will come out, so it doesn't matter where I end up.
Published by Twin Palms Publishers, 2012
104 pages
29 × 34 cm
ISBN: 9781936611027
At the age of 17, Mike Brodie took his first train near his home in Pensacola, Florida, thinking he would be visiting 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 home, returning to where he'd started. Nonetheless, this triggered something, and Brodie began traveling the U.S. by any means that were free - walking, hitchhiking and jumping off the train. Shortly afterwards, Brodie found a Polaroid camera wedged behind a car seat. With no formal training in photography, the instant camera was an opening for Brodie to document his experiences. To keep in touch with his community of travelers, Brodie shared his photos on various websites, earning the nickname The Polaroid Kidd [sic]. When the Polaroid film he used was discontinued, Brodie switched to 35mm film and a sturdy 1980s camera. Brodie spent years crisscrossing the United States amassing a collection, now considered one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. Asked about his approach to travel and photography, Brodie said: sometimes I get on the train in the wrong direction or... whatever happens, a picture will come out, so it doesn't matter where I end up.
Published by Twin Palms Publishers, 2012
104 pages
29 × 34 cm
ISBN: 9781936611027
