Roller Rover, by William Wegman

In an interview with David Shonauer, William Wegman answered a question many people ask about the photo Roller Rover:

So she was actually in the roller skates?

She is and was. The trick, as I recall, is that one of the skates is tipped, so they’re not all rolling. Three are rolling and one is set. And I probably took a few shots before one finally jumped out, because of the curves and lines and all those photographic things that photographers and artists look for. It just had the right placements.When you work with Polaroid you didn’t really shoot more than you needed to because you could see what you’ve had every minute and a half—you peel the back off and go, “Okay,” and pin it up and you go, “Okay, we need to do this and we need to do that.” I can’t remember how many shots I took of Fay in the skates, but not really many more than two or three before something jumped out.

To read the full interview go here: http://davidschonauer.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/behind-the-picture-a-william-wegman-intervie/