Why the imperfect printer?

there are enough photographers who sweat over making perfect prints--good density, dustless, color corrected images. i have come to realize that sometimes those imperfections are perfect. polaroids jam up and the chemicals don't always spread over the whole image. holgas let in light leaks. i refuse to throw these images away because of these glitches. i choose to celebrate them instead! this website is a collection of images that may be less than perfect, but are full of real life, meaning, and emotion.

elke harper has been photographing since 1982 when she held her mother's polaroid camera for the first time.