Tuesday, December 21, 2010

PX No.182


PX No.182
Originally uploaded by LANCEPHOTO

PX No.182
Tree limbs grow around a red iron fence in Mons.
CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: 779 film (expired 3/2005)
DATE: 6/24/09

LEFT: on 12/2/2010 in Krakow, Poland in a yellow phone booth near a bus stop along Krakowska near the intersection of Beera Meiselsa. (left to cross with a photo shot here.)

See where it was left in Krakow:
PX-182Ls


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PX No.458


PX No.458
Originally uploaded by LANCEPHOTO

picturecrossing No.458
deStijl relationship with silver reflection.
I waited quite a while for a person to walk by so I could get a figure in the reflection.
Shot in Paris on 5/15/10 near Forum des Halles.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Model 2 Freitag 1st White Edition
FILM: Polaroid Artistic TZ (expired 9/2009)
DATE: 5/15/2010
SCANNER: HP ScanJet G4050

LEFT on 12/2/2010 in the pedestrian walkway along Krakowska in the Kazimierz neighborhood of Krakow, Poland. Just in front of Cukiernia Pod Arkadami.

see where it was left in Krakow:
PX-458Ls

Monday, November 15, 2010

PX No.126


PX No.126
Originally uploaded by LANCEPHOTO

PX No.126 (SX No.125)
Figure in blue and white walks down the escalator at the Downtown Campus of Miami Dade College.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600
DATE: 10/13/08

This picture was left in Paris, France on 10/24/09 at the Libraire Galignani, the first English bookshop established on the continent of Europe. Since 1520. - 224 Rue de Rivoli.

See where it was left:
PX No.126 (Left in Paris)

PX No.104


PX No.104
Originally uploaded by LANCEPHOTO

picturecrossing No.104 (CP No.43)

These geometrical bricks were broken and laying next to this abandoned insurance building off US 19 in Hudson, Florida. This is one of the rare instances where I actually altered the scene before shooting it. I placed the bricks on top of the parking block to make this composition.

CAMERA: Polaroid ColorPack II
FILM: Polaroid Polacolor 100 (expired 4/2000)
DATE: 7/9/08

LEFT: This picture was left at The Louvre Museum in Paris, France on 10/24/09 just beside the ancient Greek statue of Aphrodite "Venus di Milo" (see photo below)

see where it was left:
PX No.104 (left with Venus di Milo)

Monday, November 8, 2010

PX No.409


PX No.409
Originally uploaded by LANCEPHOTO

picturecrossing No. 409 (SX No.362)
One of the very imposing columns looking down on you at the entrance of the building at 146 Argyle Street in Glasgow, Scotland.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 779 (expired 7/2009)
("Share the Love" 2nd edition from PolaPremium / Impossible Project)
DATE: 4/2/2010

LEFT: on 11/6/2010 at an IKEA store in Wilrijk near Antwerp, Belgium. Posted just above a bed in the bedroom section among the other displays.

see where it was left:
PX No.409 (left at IKEA)

Thursday, November 4, 2010

PX No.387


PX No.387
Originally uploaded by LANCEPHOTO

picturecrossing No.387 (SX No.344) A fireboat on a canal in Amsterdam near Jodenbreestraat. The Zuiderkurk is seen in the distance. Interesting greenish haze from the expired film.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired 10/2009)
DATE: 2/20/2010

LEFT: on 6/14/10 on a light post just in front of the Saint Leo Abbey chapel on the campus of Saint Leo University, in Saint Leo, Florida while visiting there with my mother who likes to buy grapefruit from their orchard.
Click the photo below to see where it was left.
see where it was left:
PX No.387 (left in St. Leo, Florida)


FOUND: 7/16/10 (one month later) ------------------
"Hello. I found your picturecrossing photo #387 on a lamp post just outside the Saint Leo Abbey Church in Saint Leo, FL. (I) frequently walk down that path. In fact, I had walked past your photo quite a few times and hardly paid attention to it, just assuming it was some type of notice or paperwork for the plant operations department. Yesterday, my curiosity finally got the best of me and I decided to check it out. What a nice surprise it was to find an interesting photo instead of a boring notice! Will you please let me know where the photo was taken and if its location was 'crossed' with a photo of the Saint Leo campus?
Thanks! - Christina"


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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

PX No.389 "Rembrandt vs Magritte"


PX No.389 "Rembrandt vs Magritte"
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

picturecrossing No.389 (CP No.218)
Statue of Rembrandt in Rembrandtplien, Amsterdam, Nederland.

CAMERA: Polaroid Colorpack II
FILM: Polaroid 669 (expired 2/1999)
DATE: 2/20/10

LEFT: This picture was left in Brussels, Belgium on 5/22/10 in the postcard rack of the Magritte Museum Gift Shop.

See where it was left:
PX No.389 (left at Musée Matisse, Brussels)


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Monday, November 1, 2010

PX No.439


PX No.439
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

picturecrossing No.439 (X No.2)
This photograph is a test shot using the custom-made PolaCity Paris Model Pronto SX-70. It was shot from my balcony in Mons, Belgium showing the courtyard next door on 4/27/10.
These pictures with an "X" number are rare among my images and denote that they were taken with a camera I was only experimenting with. I also drew a deStijl design on this one in black and red forming a relationship with the architectural elements in the photograph.

CAMERA: Polaroid Pronto SX-70 / Labaeauratoire PolaCity Paris Edition
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired)
DATE: 4/27/10


LEFT: this picture was left in Antwerp, Belgium on 8/28/10, on the Wandelterraszuid (a scenic boardwalk) along the Schelde river near Steenplein. (click the photo below to find out more about where it was left.

FOUND! : Mid September 2010
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"Hola,
I found picture 439 in Antwerp... on the walking terrace near the river “Schelde” and near the monument “Steen”.I found it the second week of september. I no remember the day exactly.
Greetings, Anne Floren
Antwerpen"
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see where it was left:
PX No.439 (left in Antwerp)

here is the camera it was photographed with:
SX No.402

and here is a short video of people ignoring my artwork:

PX No.422


PX No.422
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

picturecrossing No. 422 (MP No.4) Portraits of Fréderic Buchet at his home in Baudour.
These were test shots with the small flash I attached to the MiniPortrait Model 203.
Drew on it later with markers.

CAMERA: Polaroid MiniPortrait Model 203
FILM: Polaroid 690 (expired 2008)
DATE: 4/21/2010

LEFT: This picture was left in Brussels, Belgium on 8/16/10, on a graffiti wall at the intersection of ReebokStraat and Place du Jeu de Balle near the big fleamarket there.
Click the photo below to see where & when this picture was left in Brussels:
PX No.422 (left in Brussels)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

PX No.441


PX No.441
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.441 (SX No.405)
deStijl relationship with 2 red lines and sewer grate.
This image was shot along the Albert Embankment across from Black Prince Road in London, England on 5/3/2010.
You can see the location here on my Picturecrossing Google Map.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 779 (Share the Love) expired 6/2009

This picture was LEFT on a Diesel Jeans ad poster along Via Cavour near Via di S.Francesco di Paola in Rome, Italy on 10/10/2010. Click the photo below to see where.
PX No.441 (left in Rome)

Friday, October 15, 2010

PX No.442


PX No.442
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.442 (TAZ No.16)
This shot of a troupe of performers in face paint was shot in the Grand Place of Mons, Belgium on 5/9/10.

You can see this location here on my Picturecrossing Google Map.

CAMERA: Polaroid Tasmanian Devil Camera
FILM: Polaroid 600 expired

PX No. 442 was left in Rome, Italy on 10/9/10, at the intersection of Via Urbana and Piazza Della Suburra at #43a, just across from the exit to the Cavour Metro Station, under a sign for a Photo Lab.
Click here to see where it was left :
PX No.442 (left in Rome)

and you can click here to see a video of people (mostly) ignoring my artwork:

Thursday, October 14, 2010

PX No.456 "MORE"


PX No.456 "MORE"
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.456 "MORE"
This cross with the word "more" scratched into it was seen as part of the architectural structure of the modern glass buildings on Passage Mondétour near Chåtelet les Halles in the 2nd arrondissement. Paris, France. 5/15/10.
You can see the location here on my Google Map.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Model 2 Freitag 1st White Edition
FILM: Polaroid 600

This picture was left on 10/8/2010 just at the foot of the statue of St. Peter Enthroned inside St. Peter's Cathedral of The Vatican in Rome.


Click this photo to see where it was left:
PX No.456 (left at The Vatican)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

PX No.417


PX No.417
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.417 (SX No. 376)
deStijl Relationship with stained glass at GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art) in Glasgow Scotland on April 4, 2010.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 expired 2/2008

LEFT: This picture was left in the "Vlaeykensgang" alleway in Antwerp, Belgium on 8/28/2010.
(See photo below for more info on where it was left)


Click this photo to see where this picture was left:
PX No.417 (left in Antwerp)


FOUND! - This picture was found on 9/6/2010, 9 days after it was left, by a great Belgian photographer shooting in the area.
"Just found the Polaroid you had left at the 'Vlaeykensgang' in Antwerp! It'll look great on my wall! - Cheers, Jesse (www.jessewillems.be)"

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

PX No.419


PX No.419
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.419 (SX No379)

This picture was NOT taken in the Grand Place of Brussels, Belgium...
It is, however in Brussels - at "Mini-Europe" where they have scaled-down models of many historic buildings in the EU including this representation of the Flower Carpet / Tapis de Fleurs / Bloementapijt - currently held every other year in Brussels', Grand Place.

I did take it to the Grand Place this year for the semi-annual Flower Carpet and left it there during my visit on 8/15/10.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired 5/2009)
DATE: 4/18/10

LEFT: On the fence around the Flower Carpet in the Grand Place, Brussels Belgium. 8/15/10
See where it was left:
PX No.419 (left in Brussels)

Monday, May 31, 2010

PX No.179


PX No.179
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.179 (SX No.179)
Four colors of large posts marking the Belgian railway. This was shot just outside the central station in Brussels.
(see map.)

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired)
DATE: Shot on 6/6/09 - drawn on 4/2010
LEFT: 5/1/10 at the Tate Modern in London (see below)

Here is where it was left:
PX No.179 (left) My exhibition at Tate Modern

LEFT: 5/1/10 at the Tate Modern in London in a room of the van Doesburg exhibit near some works by Walmar Schwab.
About 3 minutes after I left this one, I actually watched a museum employee take the photo, look at it, then walk away with it...

And here's what it looked like before I drew on it:
PX No.179

PX No.399


PX No.399
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.399 (SLR No.81)

CAMERA: SX-70 SLR 680 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired 9/2009)
DATE: 3/24/10
LOCATION: a friend's home in Braine-le-comte, Belgium.

LEFT: PX No.399 was left 5/22/10 in the women's bathroom here at L'Express‎, a Lebanese restaurant in Brussels, Belgium. (Rue des Chapeliers 8)


FOUND! 5/30/10 by Ana (see below)

See where it was left:

PX No.399 (left in Brussels)

FOUND! 5/30/10 by Ana who writes:
"Hi!
I've found one of your pictures in the toilet of a Lebanese resto, close to Grand Place! :p I don't really remember the number (I had nothing to note it down at the time :p), but I think it was 329.... It was the picture of either a bungalow or a cottage.

I left it there. Hope someone else also finds it and plays the game.

I'm a book crosser myself, and I also used to participate in postcard crossing. So I've found your project really interesting. Hope it's giving you feedback and that it helps your artistic carrer.
...
It was a great place to "hide" it. I just saw it yesterday, so it must still be there! :D

Good luck
Ana"

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

PX No.395



PX No.395 (after)
Originally uploaded by L.Å.R.

PX No.395 (SX No.352)
deStijl relationship with green door and reflected tree.
Shot at a building just outside the Brugge train station that was under construction. I think it became a bookstore?
Then I drew a deStijl design on it with markers while in Paris on 5/14/10.

CAMERA: SX-70 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: Polaroid 600 expired 10/2009
DATE: 3/9/10

LEFT on 5/15/10 at an exhibition at the Pompidou Center National Museum of Modern Art (Centre Pompidou Musée National d'Art Moderne) in a room between some Kandinsky paintings and some Picasso Paintings. (see below)

Click Here to see where it was left:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancephoto/4618872403

And here is what it looked like before my drawing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancephoto/4618872609/

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

PX No.255


PX No.255
Originally uploaded by lancephoto

PX No. 255 (MIO No.29)
The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium.

CAMERA: Polaroid Mio
FILM: Fuji Instax Mini (2011)
DATE: 9/14/09

LEFT: on 12/29/09 on the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy.
To be CROSSED With: PX No.363

click here to see where it was left:
PX No.255 left

Monday, March 1, 2010

PX No.53


PX No.53
Originally uploaded by lancephoto

PX No.53 (FX No.42)
Was shot at an abandoned auto parts store on US Hwy.19 in Hudson, Florida across from Beach Boulevard. I love these lines and shot several photos of them. You can click the photo above to see the Flickr map of where it was taken.

CAMERA: Fuji Instax 500 AF
FILM: FujiFilm Instax Wide Format
DATE: 5/8/08

This picture was LEFT on 1/1/10 in a little cubby of a brick building in the Dorsoduro section of Venice, Italy near the Calle Drio al Magazeni.

Click this photo to see where it was left and a locator map:
PX No.53 left



Saturday, January 23, 2010

PX No.334


PX No.334
Originally uploaded by lancephoto

PX No.334 (SLR No.48)
Bauhaus relationship with red, gold, black & white.

The double doors in the warm "recovery" room / café at the Brugge Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival 2009.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 SLR 680SE
FILM: Polaroid 779 (expired 6/2009)
"Share the Love 1" from PolaPremium.
DATE: 12/5/2009

LEFT: in the Waterloo Shopping Center near Passage Wellington on 1/23/10.
For more info, click the photo below.
PX-334Ls

Friday, January 8, 2010

PX No.337


PX No.337
Originally uploaded by lancephoto

PX No.337 (EZ No.74)
This is another blank frame from my blue Electric Zip camera. I was pretty annoyed when these cameras kept giving me about one blank shot almost every pack, especially with film like this Polaroid 84 which cost me about $25 per pack of 10 shots. But ever since I started drawing on my blank shots (and now on some of the good shots) I'm actually a little excited when I get a blank one. This was (surprisingly) my first deStijl drawing on a Polaroid, using metallic markers of silver and gold. The original shot was supposed to be of an Art Nouveau building in Maubeuge, France (see SLR No.53 and EZ No.75). After it misfired and gave me a blank frame, I drew on it while sitting at the café in Leonida's Chocolate shop in Mons, Belgium on 12/23/09.

CAMERA: Polaroid Electric Zip (blue) c.1976
FILM: Polaroid 84 B&W ISO 100 (expired 1/2007)
DATE SHOT: 12/11/09
DATE DRAWN: 12/23/09

LEFT: next to a Mondrian Painting (Composition No.1 with Grey and Red 1938) at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy on 12/28/09. Click the image below to see where it was left.

FOUND!!! on 12/29/09
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Hi Lance

I have found your polaroid on my desk in my office…such a weird thing...I have asked around but nobody knew nothing about this picture and the way it came into my office.

I work as registrar here at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection by the way…maybe a visitor has found it in the garden and given it to a guardian that has brought it in my office…he might have thought the photo could be of my interest….I don’t know.
Tell me about the story of this polaroid (no.337). Ok?
Thank you
Marco
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Click this picture to see exactly where it was left:
PX No.337 left

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

PX No.339


PX No.339
Originally uploaded by lancephoto

PX No.339 (SLR No.54)
A very cool little chapel at the intersection of Route de Villers and Route de Mons in Bettignies, France.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 SLR 680SE
with reversed telephoto attachment lens for "fisheye" effect
FILM: Polaroid 779 expired-6/2009
(Share the Love I from PolaPremium)
DATE: 12/11/09

LEFT: on 1/1/2010
in Venice, Italy just under a Shepard Fairey painting of the Obey Giant in a parking lot near the Magazzini Ligabue in Dorsoduro.
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See Where it was left:
PX No.339 left


FOUND! on the same day: 1/1/10
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"Hi !
I'm Benjamin, i'm an Architecture student, and i live in Venice.
Yesterday , the 01/01/10 i have found one of your photos , the N° 339 under the Obey the giant big red face, near the Magazzini Ligabue, here in Venice.
It was really good! a sort of treasure.
Go on ! Best wishes.
Bye bye , Ben"
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