Long before Instagram was invented, Amanda Marsalis was taking photos of her food.
An accomplished photographer who’s worked with Vogue, GQ and the Guardian — not to mention BUST — Amanda began taking Polaroid photos as a teenager, snapping mementos of her life. As she grew older and more successful and began to travel around the world for her work, her Polaroid photos grew more and more interesting — and more and more beautiful.
Now, Amanda has gathered a selection of photos from the past eight years in new book, “A Catalog Of Constant Motion.” With only 200 copies created, “A Catalog Of Constant Motion” uses a 4-color Risograph print to emulate the simplicity, impermanence and uniqueness of Polaroids: no two copies of the book are exactly the same.
In an interview with BUST, Amanda playfully quoted the “A Catalog Of Constant Motion” introduction to describe the collection of photos: “sunsets, palm trees, hotels, exquisite meals, enviable clothes, airports and beautiful men.”
“It is a sort of pre-Instagram,” she agrees when I suggest it, she but expands on the appeal of Polaroid photography over digital.
“They’re wonderful. Nothing looks like a Polaroid except a Polaroid,” Amanda says. “And it’s more interactive than the digital.”
Plus, the images are gorgeous as is — #nofilter needed, even if one were possible. Scroll down to see more images of “A Catalog Of Constant Motion” and check out the book at otherwild.com.
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