FauxRiehl
One Hour Photo Show - Portland, Ore. 6/26/14
(artwork: Bruce Collin Paulson) This is an announcement!!
We all grew up with film, mostly 35mm as the go to way to record our snapshots in life. Grandparents came home from vacation and had a slide show of their trip. Friends would pass photos around at school of their birthday party, car they’re working on, camping trips, and whatever they felt meant something to them enough to share. And quite often the local one hour photo lab would be the place to go. After waiting so long, two hours was sometimes too much to ask. But it was the wait that made it as special and magical as the capture at that moment. When you pay for the prints and get ready to open that envelope, you’re crossing your fingers. Maybe you can’t even remember what you shot.
That is so far from what we’re used to these days. Instagram and various social networks allow nothing but instant gratification, with little impact. Double tap, scroll. Double tap, scroll. Algorithm fed, mind-numbing state of subconsciousness–an environment where marketing doesn't even have to be sneaky. A lot of lifestyle blogs borrow any and everyone else’s images to weave together their idea of what they think life should look like. Sharing our photos were never that way before. When you opened that envelope of prints you saw the good, bad, and everything in between. No edits, just the honest human views of the moment, several instances later. We all see life through a unique point of view. We aim to show that, to share those stories, and to convince others to do the same. This is to inspire and push ourselves to take a different approach to how we record we memories. Maybe it will mean more to you. We know what it means to us. We hope you get the picture.
If you’re in Portland on Thursday, the 26th of June, please come join us from 6-10pm at 333 NE Hancock(at MLK near Broadway). This is a show for the love of film, the love of sharing, and for the benefit of photography. It is a smattering of good people, people you might know, showing and sharing 24 4x6 prints each along with a good old fashioned slide projector filled with memories from our lives. We encourage you to take part, hang out with us and bring photos to trade, as nothing will be for sale.
(EDIT: We will make a few simple and quality film cameras available for $20-$50 with a couple rolls of film for those that are inspired to take it up.)
I’m very excited about this. It’s going to be a great time and we hope to see you there!
One Hour Photo Show - Portland, Ore. 6/26/14
(artwork: Bruce Collin Paulson) This is an announcement!!
We all grew up with film, mostly 35mm as the go to way to record our snapshots in life. Grandparents came home from vacation and had a slide show of their trip. Friends would pass photos around at school of their birthday party, car they’re working on, camping trips, and whatever they felt meant something to them enough to share. And quite often the local one hour photo lab would be the place to go. After waiting so long, two hours was sometimes too much to ask. But it was the wait that made it as special and magical as the capture at that moment. When you pay for the prints and get ready to open that envelope, you’re crossing your fingers. Maybe you can’t even remember what you shot.
That is so far from what we’re used to these days. Instagram and various social networks allow nothing but instant gratification, with little impact. Double tap, scroll. Double tap, scroll. Algorithm fed, mind-numbing state of subconsciousness–an environment where marketing doesn't even have to be sneaky. A lot of lifestyle blogs borrow any and everyone else’s images to weave together their idea of what they think life should look like. Sharing our photos were never that way before. When you opened that envelope of prints you saw the good, bad, and everything in between. No edits, just the honest human views of the moment, several instances later. We all see life through a unique point of view. We aim to show that, to share those stories, and to convince others to do the same. This is to inspire and push ourselves to take a different approach to how we record we memories. Maybe it will mean more to you. We know what it means to us. We hope you get the picture.
If you’re in Portland on Thursday, the 26th of June, please come join us from 6-10pm at 333 NE Hancock(at MLK near Broadway). This is a show for the love of film, the love of sharing, and for the benefit of photography. It is a smattering of good people, people you might know, showing and sharing 24 4x6 prints each along with a good old fashioned slide projector filled with memories from our lives. We encourage you to take part, hang out with us and bring photos to trade, as nothing will be for sale.
(EDIT: We will make a few simple and quality film cameras available for $20-$50 with a couple rolls of film for those that are inspired to take it up.)
I’m very excited about this. It’s going to be a great time and we hope to see you there!