I began experimenting with film photography during the pandemic, first using my mom's old Polaroid Sun 600 and later purchasing a Polaroid Now. Feeling stuck in a poetry rut and stifled by my attempts at recreating familiar forms (predominantly sonnet and sestina), exploring visual arts allowed me to seek form in the natural world. I often find that these forms are an organized kind of chaos that intrinsically appeals to me. Months before discovering the joy of making photos, Conscious Blue was born. Months later, I was thrilled: so many of the photos I had made (or would make) mirrored poems I had written for my chapbook (or soon would write). I'm a firm believer that my inner world will always reflect my outer world, and vice versa. As a human being and artist, I compartmentalize my work in these mediums just the same: photography is my outer world and poetry is my inner world. Both inform the other in a constant conversation - whether consciously or subconsciously. I hope readers and viewers will see and feel the connection between Conscious Blue and these Polaroid photos.

"Beach No. 3" 
01.13.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"Pastoral"
08.28.2020
​Polaroid Sun 600

"Empty Sky"
12.13.2020
Polaroid Sun 600

"Beach No. 1"
09.22.2020
Polaroid Sun 600

"Daisy"
11.24.2020
Polaroid Sun 600

"Commuter Lot Sunset"
02.05.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"Beach No. 2"
09.22.2020
Polaroid Sun 600

"The Lakehouse"
01.02.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"In the Cul-de-Sac"
07.09.2020
Polaroid Sun 600

"House Study"
04.22.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"Driving Home"
02.13.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"Dead End with Zucchini (Pandemic Still Life)"
07.09.2020
Polaroid Sun 600

"As Above"
01.03.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"No Trespassing"
02.17.2021
Polaroid Sun 600

"Finally a Happy Ending"
01.06.2021
Polaroid Now

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. . . And then my dad gifted me his Nikkormat, circa 1970-something, and I officially fell in love with what light can do. I hope to experiment with shadow, reflection, and texture for a long time.

"Vero Beach" was selected for No Longer At Home, an online fine art photography exhibition by Milford Photo, in December 2021.

All images: © Veronica Schorr 2020-2021