Created by Polaroid in 1976, the 20x24-inch instant camera is one of the most unusual and massive pieces of photographic history you can get your hands on (if you're lucky enough... or have the dough). Fortunately for those of you who want to see the cam in action, photographer Chuck Close managed to do just that in a series of images for Vanity Fair's 20th Hollywood issue.
Young artist Scott Blake's article about his altercation with photographer and painter Chuck Close starts with a simple question: "When one of the world’s richest living artists orders you to stop making art, you do it. Or do you?" It's been two years since Close, who is referred to in the article as "the wealthy bully," put a stop to Blake's Chuck Close Photoshop plug-in by threatening a lawsuit, and Blake still hasn't managed to put what he sees as the injustice of the whole situation behind him. Hence, his article.