SI Photographer Robert Beck: My Fave Photos
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CREDIT: Robert Beck/SI
"Tiger Woods and J.J. Henry led the non-foreign legions through the desert at the match play. We shot this on Sepia-toned Polaroid film with a Crown Graphic 4 x 5 camera that was made in the late 1950s. The camera and film are quite bulky and very tricky to haul around a sporting event. I only get one frame of each scene I work on, so it takes planning. Once the image is shot, we must take care of the Polaroid print to keep it free from scratches and dust until it reaches the office in New York to be scanned. It's an old-fashioned way of working, and it adds a nostalgic look to a modern scene with a slightly different perspective from the modern-day 35mm lenses."


