PX No.540

PX No.540.

picturecrossing No.540 (SX No.453) Another virtually blank shot. It was very hard to keep these pictures covered in the freezing wind so I got several blank or obscured shots. You could barely make out some lines and people walking in the back of this picture shot at the Bauhaus Archiv in Berlin, so I drew on it and collaged with trash and found objects.
CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE - c.1978
FILM: Impossible Project PX600 Silver Shade (box #430 11052010)
This pack had an odd "#32" printed on the back as if they were actually using old Polaroid backing materials.
DATE SHOT: 12/30/2010
DATE COLLAGED: 10/2012

LEFT: PX No.540 was left in Savannah, Georgia, USA on 11/13/2012 at the Greyhound Bus station near West Youmans Street, (which seemed to be under renovation) just below a red fire alarm. (see photo below) I left it there while transferring busses on my 8-hour ride from Jacksonville to Atlanta.
see where it was left in Savannah, Georgia:
 
See more of my collage work at: www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com
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PX No.566

PX No.566, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.566 (SX No.480) Originally a shot showing a mannequin head in a window at a house on Sloterkade in Amsterdam, Nederland. - I drew on it and collaged with trash and found objects. See more of my collage work at www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE - c.1978
FILM: Impossible Project PX600 Silver Shade Black Frame (box #44017022011)
DATE:5/22/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.566 was left in Ghent, Belgium on 10/28/2012 on the "MoMa gravestone" of artist Leo Copers' – Museum Graveyard in Citadel Park. (see photo below)

PX No.403 "Chocolate festival, Mons, Belgium"

PX No.403 "Chocolate festival, Mons, Belgium", a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.403 (EZ No.89) Chocolatiers arrange an elaborate display during the annual Chocolate Festival in Mons, Belgium.

CAMERA: Polaroid Electric Zip (blue)
FILM: Ltd. Edition Polaroid Chocolate 80 expired 7/2008
DATE:3/27/2010

LEFT:PX No.403 was left in Ghent on 10/28/2012 on a black drainpipe between the Callisto Café and the De Graslei chocolate shop near the Hooiaard bridge. (see photo below)

FOUND:PX No.403 was found by Rutger Lamberts
"I found one of your art-pictures in Gent next to the chocolate store.
nr 403 hope to see more of you"

Where it was left (and found) in Ghent:

PX No.564

PX No.564, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No. 564 (S6 No.110) - deStijl relationship of flowers at the Keukenhof exhibition near the town of Lisse, Nederland.

CAMERA: Polaroid Sun 660
FILM: Impossible Project 680 Beta Testfilm (box #43014022011)
DATE:4/23/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT: PX No.564 was left in Lille, France on 10/20/2012 on the "Ville de Lille" sign in Place Rihour. (see photo below)

LC No.154

LC No.154, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

LC No.154 - This was a blank shot from a pack malfunction so I made a collage on it using trash and found objects. - See more of my collage work at www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com
this piece is currently available

CAMERA: Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100 - c.1964
FILM: Fuji FP3000 BSS (expired 8/2011)
DATE SHOT: 9/22/11
DATE COLLAGED: 10/2012
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

PX No.582

PX No.582, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.582 (EE No.62) This was originally a blank shot from a misfiring shutter while shooting in DePanne, Belgium, but I used my collage of trash to transform it before leaving it in Rotterdam.
See more of my collage work at: www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com

CAMERA: Polaroid EE 100 (c.1980)
FILM: Polaroid / Impossible Chocolate 100 (expired 10/2009)
DATE SHOT: 8/21/2011
DATE COLLAGED: 10/4/12

LEFT:PX No.582 was left in Rotterdam, Nederland on 10/8/2012 on a green mailbox? near the main intersection of Aalbrechtkolk and Schiedamseweg in Delfshaven. (see photo below)


FOUND!:PX No.582 was found by Barbara W. on 10/17/2012
"I found one of your artworks. :D
Number 582. I found it when I was going out for dinner with my parents and friend. I like it. They don’t understand it, why would I take it. It was found on a green “thing” on the corner of the aalbrechtkolk and schiedamseweg. 17 October was it found in the evening. Greets, Barbara"

PX No.494 FOUND AGAIN

PX No.494, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Found a second time!!
"I'VE FOUND ONE ! - I never heard of this kind of ''project'', but i respect what you do and i would love to find out more about your work and why you do it.
My Picture is Number 494, i've found it in cologne, it was pure random, i was standing with a group of friends, who i and my best friend visited and suddenly i saw your picture on that wall...Great !
Hope i hear from you ! Yours sincerely, Jan Schrei"
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picturecrossing No.494 (CP No.314) was originally a blank shot from a misfiring shutter but I used my collage of trash to transform it before leaving it in Köln.
See more of my collage work at: www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com

CAMERA: Polaroid ColorPack II - c.1970
FILM: Polaroid 125i (expired)
DATE:6/29/2010

LEFT:PX No.494 was left in Köln on 9/2/2012 on a wall of a vacant building in the Heumarkt Passage across from the Hard Rock Café. (see photo below)

FOUND! (1st time):PX No.494 was found by fellow street artist ZXQL on 9/23/2012.
"Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 2:02 PM - Subject: Found in Köln #494
Hi Lance, I like your project. Found one in Köln (Cologne), Germany, when I was busy myself. If I had know I could take it, I would have (things like this are the best souvenirs)."
- zxql

see where it was left in Köln:

PX No.568

PX No.568, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.568 (X No.22) This was originally a blank shot from a camera malfunction but I used a collage of trash to transform it before leaving it in Rotterdam.

CAMERA: Plum-Colored Polaroid Impulse AF
FILM: Impossible Project PX680
DATE:6/2/2011 (collaged in 9/2012)

LEFT:PX No.568 was left in Rotterdam, Nederland on 10/7/2012 on the wall of an outer hallway in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. (see photo below)

FOUND:PX No.568 was found several hours after it was left on 10/7/2012:
by Martin Sparreboom
"Your artpiece no. 568 is found at Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam Holland.
-- Met vriendelijke groet,
Regards, Martin"

see where it was left (and FOUND):


RECYCLED TRASH AS ART:
I use things like old, cheesy record covers, post cards, magazines and trashy paperback book covers as a starting point for my hand-cut and paste collages. I then use only objects found on the ground, in the trash, junk mail or recycling bin. Sometimes incorporating my own Polaroid photographs. I often leave them out in public as street art for everyone to enjoy (or destroy.) I have also started sending some as Mail Art. You can see more of my collage work here:
www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com

PX No.560

PX No.560, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picrurecrossing No.560 (LC No.92) Two girls in vintage costumes at the annual Chocolate Festival in Mons, Belgium.
CAMERA: Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100 - c.1964
FILM: Polaroid / Impossible Project - Chocolate 100 (expired 10/2009)
DATE: 3/27/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050
LEFT: PX No.560 was left in Budapest, Hungary on 6/23/2012 on the iron grate of an exhibition in the Buda Catacombs.
 

PX No.494

PX No.494, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.494 (CP No.314) This was originally a blank shot from a misfiring shutter but I used my collage of trash to transform it before leaving it in Köln.
See more of my collage work at: www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com

CAMERA: Polaroid ColorPack II - c.1970
FILM: Polaroid 125i (expired)
DATE:6/29/2010

LEFT:PX No.494 was left in Köln on 9/2/2012 on a wall of a vacant building in the Heumarkt Passage across from the Hard Rock Café.

see where it was left in Köln:


FOUND!:PX No.494 was found by fellow street artist ZXQL on 9/23/2012.
"Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 2:02 PM - Subject: Found in Köln #494
Hi Lance, I like your project. Found one in Köln (Cologne), Germany, when I was busy myself. If I had know I could take it, I would have (things like this are the best souvenirs)."
- zxql

PX No.533

PX No.533, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.533 (SX No.444) A nice street art paste-up of a Monkey Face along Ackerstrasse in Berlin, Germany.
I think it says : "sãm o sãm but different" - I did a search for that but found nothing. Let me know if you know who the artist is...
CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE - c.1978
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired 9/2006)
DATE:12/29/2010

LEFT:PX No.533 was left in Paris, France on 10/23/2011, just beneath a C215 sticker on a wall of stickers in the book store / gift shop of the Palais de Tokyo Art Museum.
See where it was left:

PX No.534

PX No.534, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.534 (SX No.446) A funky, pointy, star-shaped lamp outside a shop on Brunnenstrasse in Berlin, Germany.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE - c.1978
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired 9/2006)
DATE:12/29/2010

LEFT:PX No.534 was left in Paris on 10/23/2011 on a column in the Modern Art Museum of Paris.
see where it was left in Paris:

PX No.530

PX No.530, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.530 (EE No.10) - Graffiti beside a fire escape on Gramayestraat just off Meir in Antwerp, Belgium.

CAMERA: Polaroid EE 100 (c.1980)
FILM: Polaroid 690 (expired 5/2009)
DATE: 12/15/2010
SCANNER: HP ScanJet G4050

LEFT: PX No.539 was left in Tampa, Florida on 11/27/2011 on the front of the Florida Museum of Photography while I was there to see the Bud Lee exhibition and lecture with my mom.

see where it was left in Tampa:

PX No.561

PX No.561, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.561 (S6 No.100) - Four different flavours of ice cream sundae which we ordered at Le Central in the Grand Place, Mons, Belgium.

CAMERA: Polaroid Sun 660
FILM: Impossible Project PX680 Color Shade Beta Test Film (#43014022011)
DATE:4/2/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.561 was left in Budapest, Hungary on 6/22/12 on a marble bench in the little public park/square called Fõvám tér near the Great Market Hall.

see where it was left in Budapest:

PX No.528

PX No.528, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.528 (EZ No.119) Three pigeons on a fence as a fourth approaches in a little park Along Beera Meiselsa near Krakowska St.

CAMERA: Polaroid Electric Zip(white)
FILM: Polaroid 84 (expired 2007)
DATE:12/2/2010
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.528 was left in Paris on 10/23/2011 on a park bench along the Right Bank near ponte de l'Alma.

see where it was left in Paris:

PX No.555

PX No.555, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.555 (EE No.54) - The front of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France.

CAMERA: Polaroid EE 100 (c.1980)
FILM: Polacolor 100 (expired 4/2009)
DATE: 2/21/2011
SCANNER: HP ScanJet G4050

LEFT: PX No.555 was left in London, England on 5/19/2012 at Covent Garden on the door of a janitorial closet. I stood there for a bit watching the people walk by ignoring it and then one of the clean-up crew actually walked right up to the door and opened it to take out some equipment, didn't even notice my picture, closed the door and walked away. This will be "crossed" with the Covent Garden picture I took here.
see where it was left in London:

PX No.559 - 2 Vespas in Mons

PX No.559 - 2 Vespas in Mons, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picrurecrossing No.559 - 2 Vespas in Mons (LC No.91)

CAMERA: Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100 - c.1964
FILM: Polaroid / Impossible Project - Chocolate 100 (expired 10/2009)
DATE: 3/27/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT: This picture of Vespa scooters in Mons, Belgium, was left in Paris, France on 7/21/2012 just around the corner from the Montparnasse Metro Station on a signpost beside a newer Vespa scooter that was parked there.

see where it was left:

PX No.562 "unconcerned, but not indifferent."

PX No.562 "unconcerned, but not indifferent.", a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.562 (S6 No.102) - Vibrantly colored ducks and frogs with crowns on shelves at a shop in Leuven, Belgium.

CAMERA: Polaroid Sun 600
FILM: Impossible Project PX680 Color Shade Beta Test Film (#43014022011)
DATE:4/4/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.562 was left in Paris on 7/21/12 at the grave of Man Ray in the Montparnasse Cemetery. (see photo below) I also left one new roll of film there with a note telling whoever found it to please use it.

see where it was left:

PX No.565

PX No.565, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.565 (SX No.475) Urban deStijl relationship with brick wall and purple flowers in Hoofddorppleinbuurt, Amsterdam, Nederland.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE - c.1978
FILM: Polaroid 600 (expired 5/2009)
DATE:5/22/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.565 was left in Paris on 7/21/12 on a street-sign post of Rue Daguerre just in front of Café Daguerre in Montparnasse. (see photo below)

see where it was left in Paris:

PX No.556 (1st collage)

PX No.556 (1st collage), a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.556 (EE No.57) This was a long exposure that got a bit blurry. It showed an image of an abandoned factory in Nimy, Belgium that's been covered in graffiti. - I'd been drawing on my Polaroids for quite a while but this was the first time I applied collage elements to them. I'm quite pleased with the result. - You can see more of my actual collage work at www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com
CAMERA: Polaroid EE 100 - c.1980
FILM: Polacolor 100 (expired 4/2000)
DATE: 2/25/2011

LEFT: In London on 5/20/2012 on top of the menu sign of the Le Pain Quotidien on on Notting Hill Gate near the intersection of Pembridge Road.
Click the photo below to see where it was left.
see where it was left:


here's what it looked like before my collaging:

PX No.558

PX No.558, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picrurecrossing No.558 - (LC No.90) - This was a Chocolate 100 shot that was blank because I'd taken the film out to change it. But it still had some nice blotches and tones in it. - I'd been drawing on my Polaroids for quite a while but this was the first time (along with PX No.556) that I applied collage elements to them. I'm quite pleased with the result. - You can see more of my actual collage work at www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com

CAMERA: Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100 - c.1964
FILM: Polaroid / Impossible Project - Chocolate 100 (expired 10/2009)
DATE: 3/27/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT: picturecrossing No.558 was left in London on 5/18/2012 on a wall in the Barbican Center gallery where they were holding a Bauhaus exhibition. The museum guards were everywhere and had already told me a few times to put my camera away but I had to get my documenting shot. I placed the picture on an empty wall just over a bench. Most people who passed it actually stopped to look at it as though it were part of the exhibition, including one of the museum guards! This older couple looked at it for a while before taking a seat on the bench. That's when I snapped my shot from across the room... Gotcha! (see below)

see where it was left in London:

PX No.567

PX No.567, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Picturecrossing No.567 (SX No.483)

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Model 2 Alpha 1 SE
FILM: PX 600 Silver Shade Black Frame (production date 2/7/11)
DATE: Shot on 5/23/11 - collaged on 7/6/12

LEFT: on 7/7/2012 in La Louvière, Belgium. While visiting the Centre de la Gravure et de l'limage imprimée to see a Street Art exhibition "Vues sur Murs." - The artist LUDO had a piece there consisting of two of his Ad Disruptions in a full-size Bus Shelter. - I left this picture on the back side of the Bus Shelter which continued to be "tagged" by other visitors to the gallery, and it was still there when I went back to the museum five days later.

Not sure what to do with those Impossible pictures that don't come out quite as you hoped? - I brought my collaging work into the frame and created a pleasing result.

See where it was left in La Louvière:

PX No.554

PX No.554, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.554 (EE No.50) is a photograph showing the giant poster on the side of the Centre Pompidou advertising the Mondrian De Stijl exhibition there. (the reason for this trip to Paris)

CAMERA: Polaroid EE 100 - c.1980
FILM: Polacolor 100 (expired 4/2000)
DATE: 2/21/2011

LEFT: In London on 5/19/2012 outside the Courtauld Gallery where they were having a Mondrian & Ben Nicholson exhibition - just on the glass covering the poster on the outside the gallery. - To be crossed soon with a Polaroid picture I shot there.
see where it was left:


FOUND!: The same day by Andy McGowan
" I found one of your photos stuck to an poster advertisement outside the Courtauld Gallery in Aldwich in London. I was on my way to see the Ben Nicholson/Piet Mondrian exhibition there. There seems to be a coding at the back of the photo: 2/21/11 Paris (No.50) PX No 554
Regards Andy McGowan"

PX No.522

PX No.522, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
picturecrossing No.522 (EZ No.104) Shot of the building across the street through the window of our flat in Mons, Belgium.

CAMERA: Polaroid Electric Zip (White Model) c. 1976
FILM:Polaroid Viva (expired 5/2009)
DATE:11/29/2010

LEFT: on 10/8/2011 at LaM Museum in Lille, France while there to see their great Art Brut exhibition.

see where it was left:

PX No.544

PX No.544, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
picturecrossing No.544 - (EE No.21.5) - Frozen river along Reichpietschufer in Berlin.

CAMERA: Polaroid EE 100
FILM: Polaroid 661 (expired 12/2004)
DATE: 12/30/10
scanned with HP ScanJet G4050
LEFT: Along Lungarno degli Archibusieri beside the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy on 12/29/2011.

see where it was left: