Mikael Kennedy: Shoot the Moon

I think I’d like to make my second home inside one of the dreamy, grainy Polaroids shot by Mikael Kennedy.

In his photos—a drifter’s gallery of people, places, moments—all light seems like radiance. The washed-out Polaroid colors give each image a feeling of impermanence, a memory fading. That bittersweet quality, along with the simple authenticity of his subjects and settings, unifies the collection. “Shoot the Moon,” represented by the Peter Hay Halpert gallery in Chelsea, includes 500 photos from Kennedy’s ten years of wandering [click the link to view them].

You can read the story behind the collection here, and also check out the Rumpus’ one-question interview with him.

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Julie Greicius was Art Editor for The Rumpus when it launched in January 2009. One year later, she became Senior Literary Editor, and later, Senior Features Editor. Julie also co-edited the first book published by The Rumpus, Rumpus Women, Vol. 1, featuring personal essays and illustration from twenty kick-ass contributors. Her writing been featured on The Rumpus, Midnight Breakfast, Stanford Medicine Magazine, and BuzzFeed, as well as in the anthology The 27th Mile. She lives in California and is a member of The Rumpus Advisory Board.

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