SOTW 1-21-08: Steve Olson by Steve Grover
Some time in 2003 Steve Grover was skating by himself at the West Linn skatepark in the middle of the day. Steve Olson showed up out of the blue and took a few runs. Then he got out an old Polaroid camera and asked Steve Grover if he would snap a few shots. Grover said sure, but also suggested that he get to keep a couple. It was a win-win situation. Check out the Shot of the Week, plus a bonus alternate shot after the jump.
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The alternate.
I wish he’d skate more when he’s around but, and I say this with a staunch history of heterosexuality, I do rate him among the kings of cool along with Tommy Stinson and my cat King Kong. His art projects get a C+ however. I’m not gay, did I mention that?
That’s not a Polaroid camera he’s shooting on though. While it is Polaroid film. The square format of the image says it’s a medium format camera, with a Polaroid back.
NERD ALERT
Damn. Schooled me, and I know better.
It’s still better than digital, so I guess it doesn’t really matter.
I would say “different” not better, or not worse.
It’s aesthetics. If you were really old school about photography… I mean, is it “better” than a daguerreotype?
DOUBLE NERD ALERT!
It would be fun to make a skate zine out of all old timey photography technology. Of course the medium is super slow, so they would all have to be axle stall shots or something without any movement…