During his many years as a Steidl employee, graphic designer and image editor, Jonas Wettre (born 1972) made portraits of the visiting artists at the publishing house in Göttingen. Using an SX-70 Landcamera with its squared format and an EE100 sheet film camera, he recorded the unique moments that take place at Steidl every day.
During his decade as a Steidl employee, graphic designer andimage editor Jonas Wettre made portraits of the countless artists visiting the publishing house in Göttingen. Alternatively using a Polaroid SX-70 Land camera with its classic square format and an EE100 sheet fi lm camera, he recorded many of the seemingly random yet unique moments that take place at Steidl everyday. Wettre's Once There Were Polaroids is both an unconventional portrait of bookmaking at "Steidlville" and a candid portrait of his subjects.