The Beast

I actually came up with this idea the first day I was in Seattle while getting a lamp out of the closet. The ballerina outfit and butterfly wings I thought would look great on a really obese slob. Well the day before I was leaving town our girlfriends were at a concert and we were sitting in his apartment watching The Pianist. Already I had shot 80 Polaroids in a week and a half. Finally I realized that if Matt messed his hair up and wore the outfit with his shirt off we could probably pull the photo off. He told me he could stick his stomach out so I showed him where to stand in the kitchen. People tend to think this photo is either gross or funny. It is however, one of my favorites and there are about six that we took in this series. The coloration has been altered in Photoshop. One of the only photos I've ever needed to do that to, because in certain artificial lighting my Polaroids take on a harsh orange glow.