The Polaroids of Chris Earnshaw – Washington Post

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He lived life on the edge of obscurity — until one man saw his Polaroids.

The fantastic story behind one street photographer’s vast image archive.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/earnshaw/

CHRIS EARNSHAW IS AN ODD AND BRILLIANT and sloppy man who vibrates with great joy and grand melancholy. For decades he has ambled through bandstands, major motion pictures and demolition sites, searching for prestige and permanence, all while being ignored on the gray streets of a humdrum capital.