Stunning Underwater Polaroid Nudes by Ian & Erick Regnard

Ian and Erick Regnard are two Australian brothers who have created a stunning series of underwater nudes. What makes the images even more remarkable is that they shot the series on large format 4x5 Polaroid film.  In 2010  one of their underwater Polaroid nudes won them International Photographer of the year in the "Special Category".  I think it was well deserved.  I especially love the images of the dancing stingrays with nude model - Simply stunning! Limited edition prints are available here.

© Ian Erick Regnard

© Ian Erick Regnard

© Ian Erick Regnard

© Ian Erick Regnard

© Ian Erick Regnard

© Ian Erick Regnard ~ The award winning image.


© Ian Erick Regnard

© Ian Erick Regnard

Nerd Alert! Rare Behind the Scenes Star Wars Polaroids

On-Set: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is an ongoing exhibit at the British Film Institute Southbank running through January 4, 2015 that features assorted ephemera from the making of the first Star Wars film, including a number of candid Polaroid photos taken on-set. The shots, owned by crew member Ann Skinner, feature a number of characters cut from the original film as well as lead actors shot in unexpected situations. ( via BFI)


Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker, on location in Tunisia. 1977. 


Parked in a rough neighbourhood.

Laze Loneozner as Fixer ~ looking for space babes about that tall.


Biggs Darklighter


Koo Stark as Camie

Darth Vader never breaks character... unlike Grand Moff Tarkin

Darth Vader (David Prowse) sans helmet, and Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin

The Princess hangs out at the trash compactor.

Ann Skinner’s continuity script for Star Wars (1977)

Photographer Profile ~ Mike Brodie AKA "The Polaroid Kidd"

Mike Brodie (born in 1985), best known by his pseudonym ”Polaroid Kidd” is a self-trained American photographer from Pensacola, Florida.

 In 2003 Brodie left home at 18 to travel the rails across America. A friend gave him a camera and he found himself spending three years photographing the friends and companions he encountered with the Polaroid SX-70. Polaroid discontinued SX-70 film, so now he shoots on 35mm on a Nikon F3.

 His photographs have been featured in exhibits in Milwaukee, at Get This! Gallery in Atlanta and in Los Angeles at M+B Gallery. His work was also selected to appear in the 2006 edition of the Paris International Photo Fair at the Louvre. In November 2007 he collaborated with Swoon and Chris Stain to mount an installation at Gallery LJ Beaubourg in Paris. He also has had collaborative shows with artist Monica Canilao.

 His photographs largely depict what he refers to as “travel culture”, train-hoppers, vagabonds, squatters and hobos.

 Critic Vince Aletti of artsandantiques.net says of Brodie’s work: “Even if you’re not intrigued by Brodie’s ragtag bohemian cohort—a band of outsiders with an unerring sense of post-punk style—the intimate size and warm, slightly faded color of his prints are seductive. His portraits…..have a tender incisiveness that is rare at any age.”

"One day, I came across a book of portraits by Steve McCurry, the Nat Geo photographer. I was inspired, and told myself I was going to go take portraits like him, so I went out in the world and tried my best to get good photos of the people and places that I thought were important to me. " ~  Mike Brodie

Mike Brodie AKA "The Polaroid Kidd" Self Portrait with a friend.