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Photobooths at Cargo restaurant & Bar, 13th Sept 2009, London, UK

Photobooths at Cargo restaurant & Bar, 26th July 2009, London, UK


2009 International Photobooth Convention

April 3rd/4th, 2009 - Center Portion, Chicago, USA

Moscow show 2009

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I've been a Photobooth artist since 1979. I am keeper of the Photobooth Archive (additions welcome). I am the organiser/curator and host of the International Photobooth Convention.
This page is a place for me to show some of the history of my work and passion for photobooths. I'm also interested in anything remotely connected to photobooth pictures/machines/the business and the people who use them, so feel free to contribute your work or a news story you've spotted. Just a brief description and link will do. The date refers to when the story came to my attention not necessarily when it occurred.
It's my pleasure to have worked with the guys at photobooth.net so please pass on your work/story to them as well. They will appreciate it. They have the most comprehensive site dedicated to photobooths in the world and my page is in no way competition to them just an additional resource from my perspective.

Below are a few of my Golden Oldies
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The Tube 1984 No.116 1984 No.117 Sasa's Story
Dots Wildman Photobooth 2001 Eye level
Jennet Looking at myself No. 255 No. 11
Magnified No. 304 No.326 No. 388
No. 381 No. 351 No. 333 No. 391
No. 46 They Sikh him there These hands giveth life 1984 No.118
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The Fan Shaving Foam man 1984 No.115 Pineapple
   
Comedy Glasgow

First time in the booth (1978)
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Mister Mixup's photobooth adventures
Just some of the more recent photobooth events I've run or been involved in

9th International Photobooth Convention 2007
New York, USA: 25th Aug: Bubby's, Hudson St / 26th Aug, Deno's Wheel, Coney Island - Mixup, Herman, Claire, Alice & Sam do a few old style photobooth strips in the ever difficult to find public access machines that are left in the big apple.

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The 8th International Photobooth Convention - Belgrade, Serbia, 2006. A back to roots type gathering as Sasa Markovic & Mixup lead an Art school Professor and students in using a street machine in cold weather. Sorry no pics yet
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The 7th International Photobooth Convention
Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA. May 30th/31st 2005.
Organizers -
Tim Garrett & Brian Meacham & Mixup invite artists, enthusiasts and guests to be creative with 2 old style black and white machines, a custom made digital machine and a digital hairstyle machine.
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April 2005
Photobooth Gathering - SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
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November 2004
Amsterdam Photobooth gathering

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September/October 2004
The 6th Mixup International photoboothh convention, SKC, Belgrade, Serbia, September 27th, 2004.

Photobooth Convention Exhibition, SKC Belgrade, Serbia, September 27th - October 3rd, 2004. Pictures from the above.
The Crazy Gang - Exhibition, MAS Gallery, Odjaci, Serbia 30th Sept 2004 feat. some photobooth work.
The Face fits the Story - Exhibition, 063 Photography Gallery, Belgrade,
Serbia, 3rd Oct - 3rd Nov 2004. Photobooth work.
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August, 2004 Photobooth project at _S_e_d_l_i_k_Studio's.
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Digital Photobooth show - Work from the "Affordable Art Fair" 2004, where I led a Childrens Photobooth workshop
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I organise an annual Photobooth Convention

See pictures and press from Convention 2003

Photobooth Pictures - V&A August 2003

Photobooth Pictures - V&A Feb 2003

Gallery Show - Belgrade 2003

See pictures from Convention 2002

PHOTOBOOTH ARCHIVE
more pics & info. This page is circa 2002


I have been using photobooth machines since the 1970's to make my pictures.

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The world of Photobooths
I'm interested in anything remotely connected to photobooth pictures/machines/the business and the people who use them, so feel free to contribute your work or a news story you've spotted. Just a brief description and link will do. The date refers to when the story came to my attention not necessarily when it occurred.
It's my pleasure to have worked with the guys at photobooth.net so please pass on your work/story to them as well. They will appreciate it. They have the most comprehensive site dedicated to photobooths in the world and my page is in no way competition to them just an additional resource from my perspective.
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Aug 2009



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July 2009



This features an article by Birna Kleivan in Danish and featuring work by Jan Wenzel and Jared Bark among others.

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June 2009

So many things out there so I thought I'd put up a few youtube things I've noted recently. Some I've seen before, some not. Have Fun.

NYTimes.com - Weekend Explorer: History of the Photo Booth featuring Nakki Goranin


THE PHOTO BOOTH (LA CABINA) by Alessandro Maresca


NBA Photobooth: Guess Who's Inside


Cartoon Network Europe . Photobooth Dexter


A short film study of a man (me) using a photobooth. For more information regarding my work, visit www.jdlenzen.com.


Photobooth Woohoo Adventure (Sims2)


Mozmike: The Photo Booth 1978-1982


Mozmike: The Photo Booth Part 2.


Robert Hickman's 1984 animated film, featured at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Minnesota Shorts, Los Angeles Animated Film Festival, Munich Film Festival. For more information go to: http://hickmanindustries.com/


Photobooth Proof of Concept


Photo Booth Sex


Photo Booth Gag


Photobooth Sketch. A parady of the Hamlet Cigar Ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCezaATXR_w


Feb 2009

From Photomovette
"In Berlin, a group called Photoautomat have collected and lovingly restored old chemical photobooths, converting them to accept the Euro and dotting them all over the city for the general public to use."

Also, nice YouTube video about maintaining old style booths



Dec 2008

I got this in from the people at Les Matons You can buy the book on their site.

You love Photobooth ?

Since 1988 we use this machine for our artistic work.
After 20 years of confessions in this box, we published a book with
a selection of these portraits made between 1988 and 2008.
To see the book, visit our site : lesmatons.com
Best regards
Hélène et Christian, « Les Matons »
Merry Chrismas end Happy New Year 2009 !

Nov 2008
Carole Evans, Photographer: contacted me about getting hold of a chemical photobooth. A common inquiry in the UK. She confirmed what I knew, that there are no longer any left in the UK. She has managed to acquire one from Berlin. Read all about the adventures here www.photomovette.blogspot.com
Her site is www.caroleevans.co.uk


Jan 2009

As a footnote to the below 'Little Snaps of Horror' is now on the Internet Movie Database here.

Sept 2008

A mesage from Graham:
Just to let you know 'Little Snaps of Horror' has been selected for Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival,
from 3rd to 8th Nov. 2008
http://www.radarhamburg.com/

Watch it here



Below is a list of past and forthcoming festival screenings.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Radar Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
November 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.radarhamburg.com/

Spooky Movie
Washington DC, U S A
October 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.thespookymovie.com/

Shockerfest
California, U S A
October 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.shockerfest.com/

CON-CAN MOVIE FESTIVAL
Tokyo, Japan
October 2008 (Film Festival)
East Asia PREMIERE
http://en.con-can.com/

Coney Island Film Festival
New York, U S A
September 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com/

Chicago Horror Film Festival
Chicago, U S A
September 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.chicagohorrorfest.com/

Sydney Underground Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
September 2008 (Film Festival)
Australia/Pacific PREMIERE
http://www.sydneyundergroundfilmfestival.com/events.html

Fantastisk Film Festival
Lund, Sweden
September 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.fff.se/katalog/festivalprogram_eng.asp

Bornshorts
Bornholm, Denmark
September 2008 (Film Festival)
http://www.bornshorts.com/

IndieClub Gong
Dallas, U S A
June 2008 (Film Festival)
North America PREMIERE
http://kellykitchenspr.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/indieclub-gong-show-sunday-june-22/

Final Cut
Brighton, United Kingdom
May 2008 (Film Festival)

Loesje International
Berlin, Germany
May 2008 (Film Festival)
Western Europe PREMIERE
http://www.loesje.org/imagination/


18th Sept, 2008: -
A brief shot of Michael Jackson and David Gest together in a photobooth strip was seen on TV. BBC 1, The One show when David was being interviewed. Thanks to Bart. Remember you can see all music/pop related photooth pictures on Photobooths in Pop


June 2008

June, 2008: -
I was reminded that in the introduction to each episode of "Neighbours" there is an old style "strip of 4" photobooth used as the starting point and the theme of a flash and an image of the cast is used throughout. I think it dates from 2007. Don't watch it so can't tell you who's in it. Watch it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFUOkd5QTw

May 2008

30th May, 2008: -
Nakki Goranin on Chicago TV talking about her book "American Photobooth" http://www.chicagolive.com/wttw/wttws_chicago_tonight_american/   
Thanks to Gary Gulley

23rd May, 2008: Advert -
Every now and again you will see a advertising campaign using a photobooth strip or a series of pictures made to give the impression of one. BT have one such at the moment. 4 pictures made to look like a photobooth strip and folded so that it is the same size as one. The iconic image of the traditional "strip of 4" is still strong even though they are pretty thin on the ground in the UK nowadays.



15th May, 2008: Video
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Low Water are a rock band from Brooklyn, NY, USA. They have just made a video that is just people in a photobooth. Check it out on youtube here, it's cool. Thanks to Dave Rubin from the band.
Dave goes on to say "The actual photobooth is located at a bar called  Lakeside Lounge on the Lower East Side of NYC. It's a great old machine that still prints on real photo paper. For the some of the shoot, I put up some foam-core walls so that people would feel like they were in a real photobooth. Then we took it on the road with us while we were on a little tour. We shot in Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, PA., Kent, OH., NYC & Brooklyn, and San Francisco, CA. Most of the people are friends of the band - several have been in other videos of ours. And there are a few (maybe) familiar faces: Laura Swisher (TechTV), Steven Smith (Fuse & VH1), Jared Cotter (American Idol & Fuse), Eater X & Crazy Legs Conti (Competitive Eaters), Rico Gagliano (Marketplace), Mike Gabriel (The Sermon), Ted Edwards (The Music Lovers), Alex & Heidi (Lowry) & Sarah Bowman (Rasputina & The Bowmans).
Low Water is working on our third record right now, and we're shooting a video for one of the new songs this weekend. This one is going to be a modern dance performance - very different from the photobooth! But it will include several of the same people."

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April 2008

28th April, 2008 - TV programme "Embarrassing Bodies" Monday 9:00pm - 10:00pm Channel 4.
Christian Jessen, Dawn Harper and Pixie McKenna return to destigmatise common medical complaints. The doctors take to the road to find patients that need their help, aiming to raise awareness of symptoms that are often ignored because they are found in a private part of the body. The team had a photobooth set up for members of the public to photograph parts of their bodies, possibly intimate ones. Most likely a tool to help people to get started on the process of telling someone of their problem.
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11th April, 2008 - Simon Armitage is a British poet, playwright and novelist. He has a new book out called Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist
and it features a black and white photobooth picture of himself on the front cover, as he says, with a typical 80's comb over. Simon, who is in his 40's has decided to fulfil a dream and form a band. Good man!


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5th April, 2008 - Nakki Goranins book reviewed in The Independent

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18th Feb, 2008 - Nakki Goranins book "American Photobooth" is released. Excellent.



Here is the blurb written by Amazon.com
Product Description
A fascinating history of an American institution that includes an extraordinary collection of photobooth images.

"That a perceptive, dedicated, and sensitive artist like Näkki Goranin has rescued from oblivion so many amazing self-portraits created by amateurs confronting themselves in the fleeting privacy of humble photobooths is yet another miracle for which we can be grateful."—from the foreword by David Haberstich

Generally relegated to the realm of kitsch, the history and cultural importance of the photobooth has long been overlooked. Here, Näkki Goranin documents the invention, technological evolution, and commercial history of the photobooth with extensive illustrations culled from twenty-five years of collecting. Complementing this history is a powerful collection of heartbreaking, funny, and absolutely beautiful photobooth images. These often solitary figures—seeking freedom, confession, a thrill—are evocative of a lost time and place. Haberstich writes, "For anyone who assumes that photobooth pictures are perfunctory, utilitarian records at best, the range of emotions and moods portrayed by the subjects of [this] collection is a revelation." Over 200 color and black-and-white photographs.

About the Author
Näkki Goranin, a Vermont photographer and historical photograph collector, has had her work shown in galleries, movies, and magazines. A former artist-in-residence with the Vermont Arts Council, she owns three vintage photobooths.
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Feb, 2008
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Graham Rathlin sent me a link to a film he made in Berlin called "Little Snaps of Horror"
http://www.icewhole.com:80/site/films/film.cfm?filid=1283
Very Good.

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Jan 2008

Todd Wemmer has a good site and he says "I recently  started a podcast but my most recent  interview is with a photobooth artist. You can hear it at www.lostandfoundphotos.com. I'm also working on a dissertation about lost and found  photos at www.lostandfoundphotos.org."


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April 2006

Here is the "Photobooths in Pop" top 20 and much more. Lot's of pictures on this page so it will take time to load.
Beware.

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Photobooth Charts
I compile this chart of photobooth artists/enthusiasts /projects every now and again. It's just for fun but does reflect on the things that are happening as I get to know about them. On occasion I put myself in the charts. Hey! we all have ego's.

Boothers Top 8 March 2008

01. Nakki Goranin
02. Brian Meacham
03. Tim Garrett
04. Liz Rideal
05. Birna Kleivan
07. Sasha Markovic
08. Mixup

Boothers Top 9 Dec 2007

01. Brian Meacham
02. Nakki Goranin
03. Tim Garrett
04. Duch
05. Birna Kleivan
07. Sasha Markovic
08. Liz Rideal
09. Mixup

All time photobooth artsts Top 4 Jan 2007 in no particular order

01. Herman Costa
02. Liz Rideal
03. Sasa Markovic
04. Mixup

Boothers Top 12 Jan 2006

01. Nakki Goranin
02. Mark Pike
03. Tim Garrett
04. Brian Meacham
05. Kevin Casey
06. Adeline De Oliveira
07. Sasha Markovic
08. Birna Kleivan
09. Dina Stander
10. Dave Navarro
11. Amanda Tetrault
12. Mixup

Boothers Top 11 June 2005
01. Tim Garrett
02. Brian Meacham
03. Nakki Goranin
04. Dina Stander
05. The Duke Project
06. Birna Kleivan
07. Sasa Markovic
08. Jeff S-e-d-l-i-k
09. Neel Morley
10.
Adeline De Oliveira
11. Mixup

Boothers Top 8 September 2004
01. Sasa Markovic
02. Jaroslav Supek
03. Nenad Bogdanovic
04. Adeline De Oliveira
05. Neel Morley
06. Liz Rideal
07. Jeff
S-e-d-l-i-k
08. Mixup

Boothers Top 6 Spring/Summer 2004
01. Liz Rideal
02. Jeff S-e-d-l-i-k
03. Neel Morley.
04. Birna Kleivan
05.
Adeline De Oliveira
06. Mixup

Boothers Top 12 December 2003
01. Paul Yates
02. Sasha Markovic
03. Nakki Goranin
04. Claire Connors
05. Abby Stokes
06. William Van Roden
07. Herman Costa
08. Neel Morley
09. Birna Kleivan
10. Rachelle Rose
11. Keef

12. Mixup

Boothers Top 15 September 2003
01. Mixup
02. Nakki Goranin
03. Rupert Chesman
04. Sasa Markovic
05. Nancy Preston
06. Lyndsay Todd
07. Chris Sullivan
08. Birna Kleivan
09. Rachelle Rose
10. Neel Morley
11. Adam Robertson
12. Lorna O'Brien and the entire team at the V & A
13. Hermon Costa
14. Liz Rideal
15. Claire Connors

Photobooth artists/enthusiasts
Top 12 - Spring 2003

This chart is compiled by me - reckon you should be in there - email me with details.

01. Mixup
02. Saša Markovic
03. Neel Morley
04. Birna Kleivan
05. Lyndsay Todd
06. Nakki Goranin
07. Marco Bellini
08. Chris Sullivan
09. Lee Haywood
10. Duch
11. Herman Costa
12. Liz Rideal

I thought I should be number 1 just once. Why? Check out my V&A page

Top 13 - 2002

01. Neel Morley
02. Saša Markovic
03. Marco Bellini
04. Lyndsay Todd
05. Lee Haywood
06. Duch
07. Ruth Glaser
08. Herman Costa
09. Paul Yates
10. William Van Roden
11. Liz Rideal
12. George Berticevich
13. Mixup

Here is a Top 20 of photoboothers that I put together for photobooth convention 2001 leaflet. It's only for fun.

01. Herman Costa
02. Liz Rideal
03. George Berticevich
04. Sasa Markovic
05. Rolf Behme
06. Neel Morley
07. Andreas Bartels
08. Duch
09. Jan Wenzel
10. Bern Boyle
11. Abigail Davies
12. Jaroslav Supek
13. Dick Jewell
14. Ruth Glaser
15. Susan Hiller
16. Nenad Bogdanovic
17. Ben Allen
18. Jared Bark
19. Alistair Morrison
20. Chris Sullivan

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Photobooth Books
A new book called "American
Photobooth" is due out feb 18, 2008 and available on Amazon.com throughout the world.
by Nakki Goranin, a photo historian and photographer.

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A new book by Birna Kleivan dealing with the
history of the photobooth (from 1889 until today) and photobooth art called "Behind the Curtain
- 100 years of photobooth imagery", publishing house - JOURNAL. It will be out hopefully sometime in 2007/8.
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Photobooth Charts
I compile this chart of photobooth artists/enthusiasts /projects every now and again. It's just for fun but does reflect on the things that are happening as I get to know about them. On occasion I put myself in the charts. Hey! e

All time photobooth artsts Top 4 Jan 2007 in no particular order

01. Herman Costa
02. Liz Rideal
03. Sasa Markovic
04. Mixup

Boothers Top 12 Jan 2006

01. Nakki Goranin
02. Mark Pike
03. Tim Garrett
04. Brian Meacham
05. Kevin Casey
06. Adeline De Oliveira
07. Sasha Markovic
08. Birna Kleivan
09. Dina Stander
10. Dave Navarro
11. Amanda Tetrault
12. Mixup

Boothers Top 11 June 2005
01. Tim Garrett
02. Brian Meacham
03. Nakki Goranin
04. Dina Stander
05. The Duke Project
06. Birna Kleivan
07. Sasa Markovic
08. Jeff S-e-d-l-i-k
09. Neel Morley
10.
Adeline De Oliveira
11. Mixup

Boothers Top 8 September 2004
01. Sasa Markovic
02. Jaroslav Supek
03. Nenad Bogdanovic
04. Adeline De Oliveira
05. Neel Morley
06. Liz Rideal
07. Jeff
S-e-d-l-i-k
08. Mixup

Boothers Top 6 Spring/Summer 2004
01. Liz Rideal
02. Jeff S-e-d-l-i-k
03. Neel Morley.
04. Birna Kleivan
05.
Adeline De Oliveira
06. Mixup

Boothers Top 12 December 2003
01. Paul Yates
02. Sasha Markovic
03. Nakki Goranin
04. Claire Connors
05. Abby Stokes
06. William Van Roden
07. Herman Costa
08. Neel Morley
09. Birna Kleivan
10. Rachelle Rose
11. Keef

12. Mixup

Boothers Top 15 September 2003
01. Mixup
02. Nakki Goranin
03. Rupert Chesman
04. Sasa Markovic
05. Nancy Preston
06. Lyndsay Todd
07. Chris Sullivan
08. Birna Kleivan
09. Rachelle Rose
10. Neel Morley
11. Adam Robertson
12. Lorna O'Brien and the entire team at the V & A
13. Hermon Costa
14. Liz Rideal
15. Claire Connors

Photobooth artists/enthusiasts
Top 12 - Spring 2003

This chart is compiled by me - reckon you should be in there - email me with details.

01. Mixup
02. Saša Markovic
03. Neel Morley
04. Birna Kleivan
05. Lyndsay Todd
06. Nakki Goranin
07. Marco Bellini
08. Chris Sullivan
09. Lee Haywood
10. Duch
11. Herman Costa
12. Liz Rideal

I thought I should be number 1 just once. Why? Check out my V&A page

Top 13 - 2002

01. Neel Morley
02. Saša Markovic
03. Marco Bellini
04. Lyndsay Todd
05. Lee Haywood
06. Duch
07. Ruth Glaser
08. Herman Costa
09. Paul Yates
10. William Van Roden
11. Liz Rideal
12. George Berticevich
13. Mixup

Here is a Top 20 of photoboothers that I put together for photobooth convention 2001 leaflet. It's only for fun.

01. Herman Costa
02. Liz Rideal
03. George Berticevich
04. Sasa Markovic
05. Rolf Behme
06. Neel Morley
07. Andreas Bartels
08. Duch
09. Jan Wenzel
10. Bern Boyle
11. Abigail Davies
12. Jaroslav Supek
13. Dick Jewell
14. Ruth Glaser
15. Susan Hiller
16. Nenad Bogdanovic
17. Ben Allen
18. Jared Bark
19. Alistair Morrison
20. Chris Sullivan

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Photoboothing in the USA 2003
Photoboothing in Paris July 2003


Some important Photobooth publications

Photomaton (A contempary survey of photobooth art) -Bern Boyle 1987. This is a must. Catalogue covering the work of 13 boothers.

Foto-Fix - Rolf Behme 1996. An excellant 30 page document (in German), art, history and overview.

Found Photos - Dick Jewell 1978 (revised edition 1981). As the title suggests and with a 100 pages of 70's mugshots you can't be without it.

Photobooth collages - Liz Rideal 1990. 32 page catalogue featuring work of an undoubted master.

Don't try this at home - Dave Navarro & Neil Strauss - 2004. Dave used a photobooth in his house to document his life and friends.

Phil and Me - Amanda Tetrault - 2004. Featuring 12 pages of photobooth images from 1975 onwards. Featured on the front cover too.

Hilhaven Lodge - Brett Ratner - 2003

MTV Photobooth - 2002

Photobooth - Babbette Hines - 2002

Photobooth - Babbette Hines - 2005. 30 Postcards taken from
" Photobooth"

Photo-Booth - Billy Childish - 2003

Alexi Sayle - Great Bus Journeys of the World - 1988. 4 pages featuring the story of Alexi using a photobooth. 3 pictures as well

I have many other catalogues and articles.

Action Four by Icki

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Below: Located 3.10.03. on b3ta.com, photobooth piece by Katayclysm


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The search for these links was done in spring 2002. Well out of date now.
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