AMATEUR FLESH: MOLLYThe photos and videos of Molly have something special about them:
they've taken me straight back to another era. Back to those years when the first cell phones started coming with cameras and the image quality left a lot to be desired compared to what we have today. Grainy, low-definition photos, strange colors, and lighting that was almost always far from perfect, but with
that homemade, spontaneous feel that somehow made everything seem much more real.
Looking at her is like traveling back in time for a few seconds. And we all know what happens with the past:
we tend to remember it as being better than it probably was. Maybe it's nostalgia, longing, fear of the future, or simply because we associate certain memories with good times... whatever the reason, the effect is always the same. We look back fondly, as if that era had something special that, somehow,
we've gradually lost along the way.
And that's exactly what Molly's images make me feel:
a brief return to a time when everything didn't have to look perfect. There was no 4K, no filters, no retouching, and no cameras capable of capturing every last detail. And perhaps that's why, paradoxically,
the imperfections were exactly what made everything feel more authentic.
# See photos and videos
Wild West.