Don't smile now--
Subtitle: Save it for later!
By: Thijs groot Wassink, WassinkLundgren
Publisher: Archive of Modern Conflict
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780954709136
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Artistic collaboration; WassinkLundgren (Artists' group)
Description: Shows the views from several London photo booths. By using a mirror, keeping the curtain open and paying the necessary £4, the booth takes a Polaroid of its own surroundings. The result is a strange and surprising collection of photographs, in which the machine dictates both subject and timing. Placed in urban locations of high footfall such as train stations, supermarkets, fun halls and post offices where holding up a camera is usually not allowed, the project subverts this notion and offers us a playful mirrored view on London.
Notes: Limited ed. of 500 hand numbered copies.

In the summer of 2005 Thijs groot Wassink (1981) and Ruben Lundgren (1983) both graduated from the photography department of the Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands. Since then they have been working together as WassinkLundgren. They currently live, work and study in both London and Beijing.