Scarce. “The title of this important new collection of photographs by renowned movie director Gus Van Sant references a quick and direct act of picture making: the use of Polaroid cameras and films. In the hands of Van Sant, a “big shot” was “one step” in the production of his early films. As a collection, these portraits – selected from the hundreds taken for casting those films – exemplify the artist’s considerable talents, and also provoke discussion about representation. Van Sant's investment in capturing a subject at a particular moment – a one-step big shot – is much more than a process used in making films; these portraits are also, undeniably, documents that in time have become art”.