As well as being an acclaimed filmmaker and a member of the NewGerman Cinema movement, Wim Wenders (b. 1945) has also madean international name for himself as a photographer, with shows allover the world. He now opens a treasure chest of Polaroids takenduring the 1970s and 1980s.H ere are portraits of friends, actors and personal heroes; souvenirsof places and events from the life of a young travelling filmmaker;impressions of his first trips to the US, shots of movie icons onAmerican TV screens, the cinemas of provincial Germany in the 1970s,and much more. The adventure of shooting films around the worldbecomes an almanac of adventure, curiosity and tranquillity.Wenders' instant photographs are interwoven with his own stories,memories and flights of fancy that weave the images into an intimateand poetic journey. Instant Stories is a photographic road movie ofthe director's early years, as he rose to global fame with films suchas The Scarlet Letter, Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, Kings of the Roadand The American Friend.