Miles Fiterman 1975

This is a Polaroid photograph of Miles Fiterman by Andy Warhol. Isn't it something, the way Warhol could take a mundane object or a portrait and just, like, elevate it? I imagine Andy snapping away in his studio, capturing this guy's essence in a split second. Miles looks like he's seen it all, right? You can almost feel the flash bouncing off his face, the camera freezing this particular moment in time. And the colors, that soft beige backdrop really makes his suit pop. It’s simple but speaks volumes. I can feel it. Warhol was constantly in dialogue with painting, photography, and all of it really, and I think that his experimentation with instant photography allowed him to capture something very raw, very real, about his subjects, a new way of painting with light. He paved the way for artists to think outside the box, to push the boundaries of what art could be.