Fifty Cameras/Fifty States Project

This was a dumb idea. I thought it would be fun to shoot film again, so I dusted off my grandfather’s 1954 Voigtlander Vitessa and I took it along on a trip to California in 2021. That got me thinking, what if I could refurbish some old film cameras and use a different one in each state? From that insight, The Fifty Cameras/50 States Project was born. I decided to embrace this project, warts and all. That means using an odd variety of cameras, some with light leaks or faulty shutters, a couple beauties, some old point-and-shoots, finicky Polaroids, and occasionally, grossly expired film. Twenty seven down, 23 states to go; perfection be damned.