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I only got into instant film not too long ago. It’s not the sharpest or most beautiful, but that’s kind of why I like it.

A few months ago I was at the ferry building taking Instax photos of my friends. A man came over to me and asked, ‘can I pay you for photo?’

He told me he was spending time with his 6 year old daughter. She had to leave and return to Guatemala tomorrow. He would not see her for years.

I gave them many photos (for free). The little girl initially didn’t want a photo, because she was crying, but she found my instant film contraption so amusing (a 50 year old camera strappped to a 3D printed film printer) that she started laughing, probably at me.

I think of them sometimes when I read the news. I’m glad they have the photos.