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The dying art of the photo booth
By CHRISTINE LIU
del.ico.us
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They may be clunky, cheesy or eerie in that what-ever-went-down- in-here kind of way, but photo booths are old-fashioned luxuries, on a path that seems perilously endangered. The obscuring curtains. The imperfect timing. The disorienting flash. The few moments of living floatlessly within a frame. And finally, the endless minute waiting for the little strips to pop out of the beast's belly—images captured, laughed over, tucked away. It's a glorious escape from a frighteningly digital-driven momentum, and sad to think that these keepsake machines may one day be only fleeting memories themselves.
Diesel Cafe [257 Elm St., Davis Sq., Somerville. 617.629.8717. diesel-cafe.com]
Corner Mall (across from Discovery Imports) [417 Washington St., Downtown Crossing, Boston]
The Garage (upstairs outside Newbury Comics) [36 JFK St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge]
CambridgeSide Galleria (by the Sears mall entrance) [100 Cambridgeside Pl., Cambridge. 617.621.8666. cambridgesidegalleria.com]
