Monday, August 24, 2009

PX No.62



PX No.62 (OC No.2)
CAMERA: Polaroid One-Step Close-Up
FILM: Polaroid 600

DATE: 5/20/08
LOCATION: Zeldas Cafe and Deli 1239 E.Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, Florida

Just my second shot with the One-Step Close-Up, It shows three orange, traffic cones against a wall just outside this great Caribbean restaurant between the outdoor seating area and the Gas Station next door. - Shot this while waiting for my lunch after a staff meeting at the Times' Tampa bureau.
LEFT: HERE by friend and fellow artist Tanya Antonio in January 2009 in London, England inside one of the capsules of The London Eye.

FOUND: in early 2009 By Nicky Brandon
"I found one of your polaroid's, No.62 in a capsule on the London Eye, I work for the London Eye and was doing a check of the capsule!
I don't know if you left it there or someone else did but I'm intrigued to find out! I found it under one of the benches they have in the capsules but again I could'nt tell you the number of the capsule i'm afraid, we do really quick checks on every capsule as it goes past so I literally grabbed it out of the capsule before it was loaded again! It nearly went in the bin, but then i looked at it properly and was curious, so i hung on to it! 
I found it quite a while ago and kept meaning to check it out, however time ran away with me and I forgot all about it, and it has been sitting in my room for a while now, I found it today and have finally got round to finding out what its all about!!!  I think its a really great idea, and have enjoyed reading your blogs about all the photos!
Glad to be a part of it!!"


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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

PX No.154


PX No.154 (M5 No.3)
CAMERA: Polaroid M5 Medical Macro Camera
FILM: Polaroid Spectra

DATE: 2/23/08
LOCATION: Front Porch, Hudson, Florida
Trying out the new M5 Medical Macro camera I'd bought on eBay (for about $50 including 5 good packs of Spectra). I shot a few close-ups of the small roses blooming in our front garden.

LEFT: on 7/20/09 in the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy just North of the Piazza San Marco. Set it on the steps and watched the waves take it and carry it away.










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Saturday, August 15, 2009

PX No.89




PX No.89 (CP No.22)
CAMERA: Polaroid ColorPack II
FILM: Polaroid 672 B&W ASA 400

DATE: 6/18/08
LOCATION: Science Building - Florida Southern College, Lakeland

Black & White relationship of elements of the Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture in the Science Building on the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland on 6/18/08

LEFT: on 7/19/09 in Venice, Italy in the Norway (Nordic Countries) Pavilion in a book of Polaroid photographs by Oslo artist: Thora Dolven Balke. It was obvious that so many people had been turning the pages of the book and some of her wonderful pictures were even missing. I don't know whether they'd just fallen out or if people had stolen them. One page in particular had no pictures on it at all so that's where I left this picture, photographed it, then closed the book and left.





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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

PX No.121



PX No.121 (SX No.114)
CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired)

DATE: 10/12/08
LOCATION: Miami-Dade College Medical Campus.

Relationship with 4 orange squares. This is a sign giving directions to different locations on the campus. Shot while I was there working on a story about refugee doctors.

LEFT: On 8/9/09 in my room (209) at CHU Ambrose Paré Hospital in Mons, Belgium. Just under the shelf where Linda's placed our fan (no AC) which I could see from my bed as I recovered from surgery.
CROSSED WITH: PX No.227 which was shot there.






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