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:''For the former professional boxer, see Michael Brodie'' :''For the rugby league footballer for the Treaty City Titans, see Michael "Mike" Brodie'' Mike Brodie (born in 1985), also known by his graffiti tag the "Polaroid Kid" or "Polaroid Kidd", is an American photographer from Pensacola, Florida. ==Career and work== In 2003, aged 18, Brodie left home to go freighthopping across the USA. A friend gave him a camera and he subsequently spent three years photographing people he encountered,〔The friend gave him a Polaroid SX-70 instant film camera. When Polaroid discontinued SX-70 film around 2005/2006 he swapped to a Nikon F3 and 35 mm film.〕 largely train-hoppers, vagabonds, squatters and hobos.〔〕 Brodie has produced two bodies of work from this (latter) period, ''Tones of Dirt and Bone'' and ''A Period of Juvenile Prosperity'', which have been exhibited in galleries and become books. ''A Period of Juvenile Prosperity'' was included in lists of best photobooks of 2013 by critic Sean O'Hagan in ''The Guardian'', Clinton Cargill in ''The New York Times'', ''Dazed'', ''Mother Jones''〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Mother Jones' Photographers Pick the Best Photobooks of 2013 )〕 and ''American Photo'' magazine. Kenneth Baker, writing in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', listed the ''A Period of Juvenile Prosperity'' exhibition at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in his top 10 list for 2013. Critic Vince Aletti in ''Artforum'' named Brodie's show in New York as the show of the year. Aletti has said of Brodie's work: "Even if you’re not intrigued by Brodie’s ragtag bohemian cohort—a band of outsiders with an unerring sense of post-punk style—the intimate size and warm, slightly faded color of his prints are seductive. His portraits . . . have a tender incisiveness that is rare at any age." Martin Parr and Gerry Badger call the photographs of ''A Period of Juvenile Prosperity'' "unashamedly romantic and warm toned". Photographer Alec Soth, writing in ''The Telegraph'', included ''A Period of Juvenile Prosperity'' in his top ten photobooks of 2013. He said of it that "I really wanted to dislike this book, but I was completely won over by the pictures, design and even Brodie’s essay. “I don’t want to be famous,” he writes, “but I hope this book is remembered for ever.” I have a feeling it will be." Writing in his own blog, Soth also said "Everything about this book is perfect: the size, printing, sequence, cover image, title and essay." Parr and Badger include the book in the third volume of their photobook history, saying that "what makes this book stand out is the quality of the photographs".〔 Brodie has also collaborated with Swoon, Chris Stain, and Monica Canilao. He is managed by Paul Schiek, founder of TBW Books, and represented by Yossi Milo and M+B galleries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Brodie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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