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.
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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.
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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)

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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.

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