Kodak+Print

Created in the 1900’s, the Kodak camera known as the “instant- picture camera” immediately prints the image captured onto a white film. The printed picture initially comes out blackened which then takes several seconds to resolve into a colored picture. The idea of blending white and black to generate the desired product.



//He watched his body grow white out of the darkness like a kodak print emerging from the liquid. He looked straight into the headlights as it shot past. From it a woman's shrill voice flew back, shrieking. "White bastards!" he shouted. "That's not the first of your bitches that ever saw//..." (LIA 108).

This statement reverses the process of a Kodak camera. His body becomes white from a light shined onto him which elucidates he is originally dark skinned. This captures Joe Christmas as a component of blackness and whiteness which further complicates his internal struggle to accept his identity by becoming a racially mixed person: is he naturally a dark skinned person or is it an illusion based on the time of day?