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Lots of Polaroid experimenting for the For the Love of Light project. This didn't make the cut in the end, although I was really happy with it.
The Dorothys in home made studio.
I actually took this before I took the digital red shoe shots, but I've been holding off on uploading this.
Woo! I'm on holidays! 2 weeks of pure bliss, lots of relaxing, drives to the country hopefully and lots of photo taking! Yay!
From tomorrow you can purchase our gorgeous book for pre order!
If you purchase in this time frame, you will receive a special limited numbered edition and a gorgeous print of one of the photographs.
There are not a lot so get in quick if you don't want to miss out!
:: this is my submission to jen altman's book project ::
:: it's currently on display here ::
:: also today it's this little girls birthday :: happy fourth! ::
Week 7 in my 52 week project depicts a happy, enlightened amanda, clutching at her first book publication.
Only in my dreams could I ever have imagined that I would be involved in something so magical and beautiful.
I shared the book with work colleagues and friends today and had a beaming smile from ear to ear the whole time. Its not very often that I am proud of myself, I am the first person to put myself down.
So I do have to admit, its a pretty nice feeling to be happy and proud of something I have done and been a part of.
Thank you so much to all the fabulous photographers who were also involved and thank you to Jen for allowing me to be a part of it all.
originally i wanted to crop this into one of those 'instant' polaroid frames, but i just couldn't bring myself to do it. if one can't have the real thing, it's best to just go without, i feel.
i have been devouring this wonderful book (which i know a lot of you also have) put together by jen altman, so i have polaroid on the brain. it makes me so sad to see such a beautiful art form saying its goodbyes. i had been eyeing the cameras on ebay for a long time now, waiting for the perfect one to turn up. but i was looking up the cost of film here the other day- it's so expensive that there is just no way i could possibly afford it. sigh.
there seem to be tributes everywhere i turn: in the new jpg mag and even one in the new yen magazine (which made me all happy inside).
just realized i never posted my set from for the love of light
(see it bigger)
'roid week starts tomorrow!
Actually we had finished our courses and i had just returned to london after around a yr and a half travel in Africa.
i left my art but my favourite places in london were the national gallery and the british museum. So here I am worshipping the light..in about 1990ish in the gallery.
So here i lived, in south london mainly, but usually where ever there was a floor to doss on, for 4 yrs on and off, between sojournes to far away lands. This pic was taken by our friend. Edit and scanned neg..me!
Hello everyone!!!
I stopped by to tell you some great news.! Thanks to the wonderful Jennifer , the book "For the love of light" is already avaliable for pre-order here.
If the book looks just half as lovely as the website, it's going to be awesome. I just can't wait to have it in my hands, and you?
PS. Everything's going fine over here. Still busy as hell, but i will be on vacation in 15 days. yay!!! And I hope everyones having a great June. Hugs :******
I've had one of my Polaroids published in a beautiful set of notecards by Chronicle Books. They look just like the real thing! And as my poor SX70 is officially dead, this is one way for me to make a Polaroid Week contribution.
If you missed out on last year's limited edition book "For The Love of Light", then you'll want to get hold of this boxset as it features many of the images and artists from that project.
For full details of the project and more images, visit my blog at www.cyanblue.co.uk
As always, many thanks to Jen Altman for organising and curating this project.
She watched the ships and I photographered her and the ships and this Nikon camera gave me a nice overlay. Of course there are questions about whether these are photos or no but since the camera does it all I'll call it a photo.
It turns out that I can jet set, I just didn't know it.
Last week I decided that I really wanted to go to the opening so I checked flights from Portland to SFO and booked it. Just booked it. Just like that.
My brilliant plan was to fly down, getting into San Francisco at 3PM, getting my rental car by 4PM, driving to Napa by 6PM, staying until 7:30PM, driving back to SFO by 9:30PM, boarding my flight by 10:25PM and be back in Portland by midnight.
And it actually worked, this plan. I'm a genius!
Or I'm a good planner. Probably, just that.
But once I landed and boarded the air bus to the car rental garage, I was cautioned by a rental car parking guy with food in his teeth that driving up to Napa at 4PM on a Thursday was a pretty dumb idea. He told me to avoid the East Bay on my way to Napa and then proceeded, teeth caked with what I assume was Wonder Bread, to tell me all the different routes he would take if he himself was going. He did this all the way to the car rental and actually got a map from Thrifty as I waited in line at Budget to show me which way exactly to take. Bread teeth or not, I listened to him. And he was so right.
I went up the 101 which meant I got to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge which hasn't happened in I don't know how long. I wish that drive lasted longer. I love the middle of the bridge where the fog breaks away as you head towards the north side of the bay. Looking back, which I don't recommend doing as some people-I'm not naming names-may swerve a bit while looking, the city is still shrouded with a thick layer of fog.
As I drove on the fog blew away and the road opened up to the rolling foothills.
I made it to Napa by 6:00 and got lost only twice which I'd say isn't so bad.
I found the gallery and was greeted warmly by Ann and Norma who I are just freakin' awesome. I ended up hanging out with Jennifer's family (she's in England) who drove up from San Jose, where I was actually born and raised.
Everyone I talked to was just so warm and friendly, I can't remember an art gallery opening where I've had that sort of experience. It was just lovely.
And then, after a Corona and marshmallows, I was back in the car by 7:30 and on the road back to the airport.
This time I got to drive over the Bay Bridge. I got misty. I actually got misty driving in from the Oakland side looking at the city soaked with fog, Coit Tower poking out to the right, looking like a little kid among all the tall skyscrapers that sit in the Embarcadero.
Unfortunately, Journey's "When The LIghts Go Down In The City" got in my head which it tends to do every time I think of San Francisco or drive past The Cow Palace where I first saw them live. Damn them and Steve Perry's fantastic voice.
I made it back in time to drop off the car and upgrade to Economy Plus for the flight back home.
I'm a jet setter after all.
The amazing Jenifer Altman is putting together a book which pays homage to the beautiful art of Polaroid film.
25 photographers from around the globe are contributing photographs to the book and I am very honoured to be one of them.
The work includes some amazing people like eshu, maditi, matt and lindsay just to name a few.
There will be a limited number of books for pre order and sale in July, hopefully if all goes to plan.
Check the website for more info and join the mailing list to keep updated
I am really excited about the project and honoured to have been asked to be a part of it.
"There is a house built out of stone. Wooden floors, walls and window sills. Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust. This is a place where I don't feel alone. This is a place where I feel at home."
- The Cinematic Orchestra -
Here's the deal. Sometimes we cut our own path and sometimes we're rewarded for our genuine hard work...
And sometimes something wonderful just falls into your lap...or inbox as it were.
A few weeks ago I was contacted by the lovely and talented Jenifer Altman to fill a hole in a project she had been diligently putting together. I was and still am honored to be considered for such a project alongside 24 other great photographers and finally, after much coordinating (and very little work on my part) it's here.
25 Photographers span 110 full color pages of polaroid goodness. It's not a lament for the passing of polaroid, nor is it ill-considered snapshots. The book is 25 like minded photographers paying tribute to something we hold dear. Polaroid and the slowly emerging record of an instant in time.
fortheloveoflight.com/purchase.html
The first 500 copies are limited edition numbered and on pre-sale now.
Thank you dearly to everyone involved.
Annie Suckow used Plywerk as her choice of finish for the "Instant Era" exhibition at the Nest art gallery in Napa.
Photos featured in the show were all Polaroids by the artists in the new book "For the Love of Light".
This guy came with his framed photo of Warhol.
He said that he had worked for Polaroid and would go around to different photographers and show them how to use the latest and greatest camera. I forgot which one in particular he was instructing them on.
I wish I had more time to pick his brain.
Like at least 15 more minutes. Or something.
Just to let you know that I'm currently showing work in a group exhibition "Instant Era" dedicated to the art of Polaroid. We're showing at The Nest gallery in California and as this is my first show for a while I'm pretty excited! The private view is tonight, but if you miss that don't worry; the exhibition runs from the 11th September to 31st October.
The show accompanies the recent "For the Love of Light" book, and I'm showing along with my fellow contributors Jenifer Altman, Anna L. Beard, Jennifer Evans, Jen Gotch, Anna Kathrin Koch, Monika Elena Kost, Nanako Koyoma, Fernanda Montoro, Mia Moreno and Anne Naumann.
To find out more about "For the Love of Light" project or to buy copies, click here.
The Nest gallery is well worth a visit, plus they do a lot to raise money for local arts grants. You can find them on the web at www.napanest.com, though it's not as much fun as seeing the work in the flesh. If you in the area, drop in and see them at 1019 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, California 94558. Their opening times are Fri, Sat, Sun 10am to 6pm, though you can call them on 707.255.7484.
If you go, be sure to say hi to the lovely Ann Trinca who helped organise the show!
As always, many thanks to Jen Altman for making this all possible in the first place x
Today I realized I stopped my SX-70 stream at 100. It also hit me today that I probably won't shoot another frame of 600 and that makes me a little sad.
Not wanting to take this sitting down, I grabbed my 440 and went out and shot this and I realized, packfilm will save us.
For The Love of Light
A tribute to the art of Polaroid
This is a plug for a forthcoming book i'm contributing to, called "For The Love of Light". It's an epitaph of sorts to the magic of polaroid and features 25 photographers - from North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia - each with their own take on the medium.
The very talented Jen Altman is the editor and instigator (look at her stream if you haven't already!)
We're taking pre-orders soon via the site - http://www.fortheloveoflight.com/, where you can also sign up for updates on the progress of the project.
The plan at the moment is to produce a limited edition run of numbered copies, with further runs if it proves successful. Our intention is also to get a publisher to pick this up for more mainstream distribution.
Feel free to spread the word about this - we need the publicity. WIsh us luck!
it's ready. jenifer did it. she took polaroids of 24 great pola photographers (and me) and made a wonderful book out of them.
the book "for the love of light" can be preordered starting today. go and order it. you know you want to.
Jenifer Altman gathered a bunch of us Polaroid people who are going to have a hard time saying goodbye to our lovely hunks of plastic and put together this amazing book dedicated to our love...Polaroid.
Thanks Jenifer for everything! This is truly wonderful.