Ep. 132: Portroids Polaroids w Rick DeMint A Portroid is a Polaroid portrait that is autographed by its subject as the photo develops. NYU Langone employee and part-time MBA student Rick DeMint debuted an entire gallery full of them.“I started in 2003 as a means of just documenting my life and tracking the things I was doing,” DeMint said.The project has grown since it began in 2003. Well-known actors and comedians including Andrew Garfield, Olivia Colman and Pedro Pascal are featured, as well as politicians like former President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Some famous NYU alumni are featured on the wall too, such as Donald Glover, a successful singer and actor with the stage name “Childish Gambino,” who graduated in 2006.DeMint gained some traction on Instagram a couple of years ago after posting the Polaroid pictures he took of the “Saturday Night Live” cast in 2013. One of the photos posted at the gallery is a Polaroid of Kate McKinnon, a former SNL cast member, in a blue scarf smiling outside of the studio.Another memorable photo that is featured is a picture of Robin Williams in January 2010.“Some of the polaroids are very eerie,” says Guzman. “You see Robin Williams smiling happily and his signature. It’s unfortunate that he passed.”“The reason I take these pictures is because the person I am taking a picture of brings me joy,” said DeMint. “My hope with people coming into the gallery is that when they look at the wall, they’ll see someone that has that same feeling, and that they can now connect to me as the person who took the photo.https://nyunews.com/arts/2023/11/13/arts-portroid-gallery/CreditsStephen Bluhm Sound Engineer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.stephenbluhm.fun⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Otter Castro Editor Rich WexlerProducer/Interviewer http://www.vintageannalsarchive.com

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