scouting location for next polaroid shoot

matt — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:02:58 +0000

I came across this amazing abandoned factory in upstate NY. I hope to shoot there in the next few weeks. Sometimes clothes inspires a shoot,nature or a girl. This is the first time a particular building has been the inspiration. I will keep everyone posted on the shoot. Feel free to email any ideas to me…….info@shehitpausestudios.com

Elsa Dorfman is still shooting polaroids in 20 in x 24 in format

matt — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:56:13 +0000

This week she hit pause studios would like to give a shout out to someone keeping Polaroid and Film photography alive. There are only 6 cameras left in the whole world that shoot 20×24 instant Polaroids. One of them is used by Elsa Dorfman in Cambridge, MA, which she has been shooting with since 1980. It’s weird to see someone look so small next to a camera. The camera weighs 200 lbs. I just met a few people in Brooklyn that had a chance to work with her and said it was an amazing experience. Check out Elsa’s site for more info or to book a shoot ($3000, though worth it)
www.elsadorfman.com

elsa dorfman with her gigantic polaroid that shoots 20×24 inch images

the story behind bringing my already broken guitar to puerto rico (from sound to sight)

matt — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:22:42 +0000

….I bought this guitar for $1200 in Colorado 7-8 years ago. It broke last year,somewhere in Brooklyn. The instrument that I went on my first and only tour with was broke.

Before photography I played music

I brought the guitar with me on the plane, without a case,+held it like a baseball bat. I was out for redemption. Redemption of my Broken Guitar.

Thrown into the color turquoise. I watched you attempt to float, get taken under by waves and through my broken guitar I saw flowers, wild branches and clouds. I found you a bed to rest

I wanted to make beauty out of broken and take you from sound to sight

I left my guitar in Puerto Rico

matt — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:04:43 +0000

My broken guitar that I brought from Brooklyn to Puerto Rico. An attempt to make beauty from broken. New series of images+ stories coming in April/May.

New series of photographs and Polaroids from Puerto Rico

home from a polaroid+surfing trip to ecuador that may lead to first documentary

matt — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:46:59 +0000

I have just returned home from a 2 week trip to Ecuador. My main goal was to chill out and the world gave me the the opposite. Crazy rains, a closed yoga studio, days of no waves and cabin fever. I just emailed a friend wondering why I was there when I met a life changing person. A Man of 70 years old who built his own little 1 room wood house. There was no running water and no bathroom. A bed, a hammock,a window without a screen and a crudely hung light bulb. He showed me his machete with it’s worn blade. The various fruits growing on his property…..bananas,pineapples,papayas and I few which I couldn’t make out. The one thing amazing about this man was that his was so happy. No worries about anything. In addition to meeting him I photographed a bunch of kids running around streets with chickens. The big reward was buying a little girl her first puppy at an animal swap. $1 that changed a life. So fucking amazing. I am starting to work out the logistics of returning to Ecuador in a few months, with a video camera,500 questions and a translator. This may lead to a documentary or photo essay. Initially I am going out there to capture answers and a story for my own understanding. Ready for the next art project.

Vintage prints vs. digital. The weight of polaroid and film vs. digital.

matt — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:48:30 +0000

The weight of film vs digital

There is a heaviness that exists in each roll of film and in each image
A rawness where there is no deleting and no turning back
Once you hit the button, that’s it. There is a romance to film
that laughs at digital.

I look at the camera to see how many images I have left.
The creases and discoloration that exist in vintage photography are as much of the artwork as the image itself.
Digital usually stays on the computer. The act of dropping off film and waiting a few days to see the images while imagining/hoping which ones you captured “correctly”

This is not a poem, though somehow it is starting sound like one and look like one.
I just love Polaroids and film. I Believe digital is a step backwards

3 weeks of Polaroids in California and my new sick obsession with pinterest

matt — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:19:17 +0000

I have just returned from 3 weeks of traveling up and down the coast of California (shooting and checking out some cool galleries) I have hundreds of new polaroids. I will move them ahead of other work I am fooling around with so I can share them soon

OK now for my obsession with pinterest. I have started collections of Polaroids, Surfing, Art I didn’t make, Photos I like/love, ballet,tights for my polaroids and Inspirational clothes for shoots. Please check it out and pin the hell out of my polaroids that I sprinkled in each category. My name on interest is Matt Schwartz (not she hit pause studios) If you are not already on pinterest you can sign up on my homepage or email me for an invite. Enjoy and be careful of your new addiction

Matt Schwartz

www.shehitpausestudios.com

surf art and beach art books

matt — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:28:27 +0000

My favorite surf artists(photographers) and surf books of the week

Photography/Art-Leroy Grannis, Jeff Divine,Surf Girl Roxy,The Ultimate Collector’s guide to surfing postcards,Vintage Surfing (Jim Heimann),

Books-Surfing and Health(Dorian Paskowitz) and Saltwater Buddha (Jamal Yogis)

“The Moutain Goats”-woke up new

matt — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:24:27 +0000

Awesome song from one of my favorite singer/songwriters. So honest and simple that it’s genius. A little sad for this sunny day, though hopeful.

music by “Real Estate”-easy

matt — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:15:22 +0000

Just started listening to real estate. We are actually speaking to their “people” to help promote she hit pause studios.