Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980 annie atkins Part of the Macmillan Collector’s

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Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980 annie atkins Part of the Macmillan Collector’sIn late 1979, a new phenomenon appears in the nightlife of Amsterdam: the Polaroid photographer. New York artists Bettie Ringma and Marc H. Miller temporarily exchange their loft in the Lower East Side of New York for a houseboat in Amsterdam, and start selling instant photo portraits taken in pubs around Rembrandtplein, Leidseplein and Zeedijk. They pioneered a practice that continues to this day. The pair photograph in brown pubs, Turkish cafs,