This is my friend, Chris Bickert, who was involved in a pretty interesting photo project called "Never Ending Polaroid."The link to the facebook page is here:
According to the website, the idea of Never Ending Polaroid is rather simple: "The Never Ending Polaroid is a project whereupon a Polaroid is taken of a person holding the previous Polaroid, creating the impression of a never ending chain! This started in 2001..."
It seems that the man behind the project, Bob (no last name found), is just beginning to post his collection of Polaroid online. His original picture of himself that started the chain can be found here:
The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that at some point Kodak Polaroid film will no longer be available, so the project is, unfortunately, finite. Saying this, the project could continue. It would just have to change technologies. Instead of Polaroids, why not cell phone pictures? The subject of the photo could just as easily hold up a phone with a picture of the last person. I suppose it isn't as cool as a Polaroid picture, but there might be some solution to the loss of Polaroid film.
While it is aesthetically a cool project, the real interest in this project, for me anyway, is how the Polaroids work as social communication between subject and photographer, photographer and subject, and now between Bob and the rest of us. This is highlighted by the fact that Bob (and others?) write captions under their Polaroids. The connection goes beyond 6 degrees of separation. It shows how close we are to one another--in this case, via visual images.
I think there is fantastic potential for this project. I can't wait to see the next round of Polaroids and what might come next.
By the way, Chris Bickert's caption reads: "This is Bix! He helped us on the road for a bunch of tours and is terrified of lettuce!"
I'm not sure who wrote that, but Chris is still terrified of lettuce.
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