Toby Old is an American photographer in every sense of the word. He has been taking pictures of American life for at least thirty years. From his amazing series on discos in New York to the beaches and carnivals so frequently seen in his American Moments work, his two and a quarter inch frame seems to capture moments in life where things seems to be hanging in the balance, like suspended chaos.

Another American master has been getting some attention these days, the Polaroid. How Soon Was Now? is a great article about how Polaroid film changed the way people took, and saw, photographs.