Louis Mendes Photographs Nine Days a Week

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For decades, the photographer Louis Mendes and his press camera have been a staple of New York City's street life.

An Old-Fashioned Camera in a Digital Age - NYTimes.com

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A Camera and an Eye, Both One of a Kind

In an age of digital imagery, one man still earns a living roaming the streets with a vintage camera grafted onto a Polaroid back.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/nyregion/03polaroid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In his hands. Louis Mendes works the same crowds — and parades, graduations and concerts — cradling like a piece of sculpture a vintage Speed Graphic camera outfitted with two flash units and a Polaroid back.

Louis-Mendes on The Click

Louis Mendes Photographs Nine Days a Week

An Old-Fashioned Camera in a Digital Age - NYTimes.com

A Camera and an Eye, Both One of a Kind