What Good is a Broken Camera Anyway?

While at a BBQ in WV, I met a very precocious little girl, in my humble opinion the best kind, but she asked me to take her photo.  I was shooting that day with my vintage Rolleiflex medium format film camera so I helped her perch herself on her lawn chair like throne.

She was a patient little model, sitting still and giving me various adorable expressions while I set the exposure for the changing light.  SNAP, went the old camera….whir whir whir, I cranked the handle advancing the film.  Off she jumped and came running…”SHOW ME, SHOW ME”.  I had to giggle, there I was trying to explain to this inquisitive little person that there was no TV on the back of this camera.  It was too old for that.  She looked at me  eye brows furrowed and a face that simply said….”So sad…what good is a broken camera”.

With that she ran off down the grassy hill to play with the other much more interesting kids.