Rob Oades' Polaroids capture off-duty models with fascinating results
For the past four years, photographer Rob Oades has been taking polaroids of the many models he’s worked with on a whole host of fashion shoots. From fresh-faced newcomers to seasoned professionals Robert has captured them all, and it’s interesting to see which ones are unable to turn off the lens-perfected pout and which seem much more relaxed. He also asks his subjects to sign the resulting pictures and again it’s revealing that while some suffice with a simple name, others doodle over their own faces, leave messages and cite in-jokes. The combination of Robert’s eye for a great-looking picture and the input of the subjects makes the polaroids into interesting objects, over and above the images themselves.
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
Rob Oades: Polaroids
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

