L.A. PolaroidsIn the 1980s, the acclaimed Dutch cinematographer Robby Mller spent months at a time away from home, collaborating with renowned directors such as Alex Cox and Wim Wenders to create some of the decades most influential films such as Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Barfly and To Live and Die in L. A.. After long days on set, Mller stayed at the Kensington Motel in Santa Monica, a simple apartment hotel just behind Ocean Boulevard and steps from the beach. He

He viewed the country from the perspective of the periphery

In my photographs the horses are in an anesthetic sleep

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano in the world

Joel Meyerowitz

A selection of polaroids from the project was first published as a zine by Dashwood Books in 2021

by capturing moments during travels through Arizona

Each image wants to be a short story

the hunting camp at the end of the road

By weaving these themes

names carved into a tree trunk declaring one’s love forever

and visual culture intersected

fallen pride