Jackie Young is a 27 year old photographer living in Austin Texas. We think she takes some great emotive photographs, dealing mostly with her day to day life. Wearenowinspace.com “sat down” with Miss Young and chatted while we waited for her potato to bake.

Michael
So whats your best find at a thrift store?

Jackie
Polaroid Macro SLR.

it’s a cool camera, but huge
it was $1

Michael
wow!
i love the light, how did you do it?

Jackie
i felt like running wild in the streets it was so exciting
the flashes fill in everything
there are two large flashes you can see them in the eye
i didn’t have to do much

Michael
oh yes i see them now.
how do you feel about Polaroid right now?

Jackie
i miss it not being at arm’s length
when i lived in china last year i almost bought a fuji cam
but chickened out
the size of the photo was too small for my liking

Michael
were they expensive?

Jackie
yes, and i felt weird about buying it to replace my polaroid camera
the ones that i have are all very old
from the 80’s and such

Michael
have you heard about Polaroid being court ordered to sell art from it's private collection to pay bills?

Jackie
really? that's horrible….don't banks have anything else to do? or anyone else to bother? shit man, they're not manufacturing film anymore and the whole world is mourning….right? right!
ha.
well, atleast polaroid has lady gaga
she's a crazy babe i guess

Michael
the new creative director
what do you think about that

Jackie
i am not sure.
i think it's amazing

Michael
what are her duties, i wonder?

Jackie
be a babe, and be creative……i guess?

Michael
A lot of times I feel like her stylists should get the job and not her

Jackie
man, i know. who’s this woman behind the gaga….
and she’s only 23, 24? say what?!

Michael
i guess she has her “house of gaga” or whatever she calls it
does her nose annoy you?

Jackie
i don’t know….i guess i’ve never really looked at it too hard

Michael
its hard to miss!
HAR HAR HAW
anyways, what kind of film do you use?

Jackie
i’ll be more careful the next time i’m reading us weekly in line at the grocery store
to look at her nose
ha
when i shoot 35 mm i use fuji
when i shoot 120 i use portra
both of my yashica’s are broken at the moment
so for now it’s a lot of fuji

Michael
why don’t you tell us about your camera collection and which are your most used

Jackie
for the past 2 years i’ve run 3 yashica mat’s into their graves
one of them mainly from traveling in china and thailand and san francisco
i also use the t3 and my minolta hi matic a lot
and then there’s the cannon ae-1, it doesn’t come out as often as the others, but i brought it out today and fell in love all over again
i’m purchasing two yashica electro’s this week for $40
and i don’t own a digital camera.
that’s funny i guess, right?

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