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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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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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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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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PX No.183

PX No.183 (CP No.78)
CAMERA: Polaroid ColorPack II
FILM: Polaroid 667 B&W ISO 3000 (expired: 2/2001)
DATE: 6/24/09
LOCATION: Just outside the Office National des Pensions in Mons, Belgium.

This is one of several shots showing a relationship of squares on the sidewalk at the intersection of Rue des Marcottes and Rue de Nimy in Mons while on a photo excursion with fellow photographer Patty Iniguez. These cool glass and steel squares are all over the town as part of the drainage system. This one shows 12 squares in a grid.

CROSSED WITH: PX No.203

LEFT: On 7/20/09 in the Green room of a wonderful art installation in Arsenale by Cildo Meireles titled "Pling Pling" The installation consists of 6 connected rooms of solid colors with a video screen in each one that slowly changes colors. During la Biennale di Venezia 2009 Venice, Italy.

PX No.203

PX No.203 (CP No.96)
CAMERA: Polaroid ColorPack II
FILM: Fuji FP100c Silk
DATE: 7/20/09
LOCATION: Arsenale, la Bienalle di Venezia, Italy.

This picture is a relationship of color planes in a wonderful art installation by Cildo Meireles titled "Pling Pling" The installation consists of 6 connected rooms of solid colors with a video screen in each one that slowly changes colors. A magnificent example of deDtijl and it helps express my thoughts on the theory that everything is defined by the elements around it.

This particular image is actually a double exposure. One vertical and one horizontal with the light trails of a person walking through the room.

CROSSED WITH: PX NO. 183

LEFT: On 7/28/09 on the grid of squares on the ground just outside the Office National des Pensions at the intersection of Rue des Marcottes and Rue de Nimy in Mons, Belgium.

PX No.130

PX No.130 (OX No.4)
CAMERA: Polaroid Spectra Onyx
FILM: Polaroid Spectra (expired)
DATE: 12/10/08
LOCATION: St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, Florida

Linda and I had driven down to St. Petersburg for the day to see the History of Photography exhibit at SPMFA. They had some wonderful work there. I remember some very cool stereographic pictures. This shot shows the new wing of the museum by architect Yann Weymouth which was just opened to the public in March 2008.

LEFT: On 7/21/09 on the counter beside the newspapers near the stairway to the WC at Starbucks Coffee - Centralbahnplatz 14 - 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
We stopped here for about an hour during our long drive home to Mons, Belgium from la Biennale di Venezia 2009. They had free Wi-Fi! YAY! We hadn't had internet access since we left Belgium.