The concept of disposable things (unless it’s plastic plates and cutlery) is lost on me. Recycling and reusing have become everyday commodities, and that even applies to our technology. We want something dependable that we can use again and again, even if it costs us a little bit more. The proliferation of inexpensive and hi-tech cameras out there has meant that everyone has forgotten about their disposable cousin and it has also paved the way for an influx of amateur photographers, so when I heard that six photographers were involved in a project using disposable cameras, I was interested to see what they were doing.
One Time Use now showing at K&K Gallery on Broadway in Williamsburg, brings the act of photography back to its roots, by scaling back from modern cameras that for all intents and purposes, take themselves; they leave the image, its focus behind and evidently brings it to the foreground.
The disposable cameras used in the project where all medium exposure, low-resolution and especially un-technical with the photos developed containing grain, haze and distortion.
Lady Gaga is one of those ground-breaking new artists who comes around only once in a blue moon. On Friday, The Gaga played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, where thousands of young Lady Gaga-esque creatures, whom, she herself calls “her little monsters,” showed up decked out like their idol in all manner of outfits, including latex cat suits, coke cans as hair accessories and of course, giant eyewear.