CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A celebrated photography pioneer — and a fixture in Cambridge for decades — Elsa Dorfman is taking her last shots.

Dorfman is retiring after more than 30 years in a business that has changed dramatically during that time. She says it’s time for her to reflect and organize.

“I’m a terrible curator, not everything is signed or dated. My records are terrible, so there’s plenty that I can do,” the 78-year-old said of her decision to stop taking 20-inch by 24-inch portraits with her hulking, now-out-of-production Polaroid camera. “It’s just too much for me to do this anymore.”...

https://artery.wbur.org/2015/12/22/c...rfman-retiring

For those who don't know about Elsa Dorfman, her website has plenty of samples of her work, stories about her studio sessions, and other writings:

http://www.elsadorfman.com/