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Taken w/ Polaroid SLR 680
Impossible Project PX 680 NIGO Rainbow Frame Beta test film
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Exposure wheel neutral.
photo made for the exhibition "Facing The Impossible - Zurich" in Swiss photo Award for " the impossible project"
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polaroid slr 680
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day 171
now I remember why I don't like crazy edits. This was ridiculously hard and I still don't like the way it turned out, but I'm glad I stuck through and got a complete image produced.
This is based off of my painting (in comments) that I did my junior year in AP Art. It was part of a series entitled "Impossible Possibilities." I think painting them in real life instead of on photoshop is much much easier.
304/365 I picked up a new box of Impossible Project film for my Polaroid camera. Took it to Elora today just in case. I like to find subjects that I know will look suit the film image. I came across this half horse statue downtown Elora. Just love the way it turned out. Horse ale Impossible.
Please don't use this photo on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission. (c) Yago Veith www.yago1.com - Flickr Interesting
A while back a group of photographers were selected to test some of the experimental new film from The Impossible Project. I was honored to be one of them. Here are a few of my shots from those packs. Keep in mind, this is not the final film, only test batches.
I'm really happy this day has arrived. It's been a long time since Dave Bias and I started Save Polaroid and now he and his girlfriend Anne Bowerman work for Impossible. I'm so happy for them and for the photographers who will get to continue to use instant film. But I'm especially happy for those who have never used it but now can because the impossible was achieved.
Impossible Project Instant Lab
Color 600 film, Skins edition
Part of my ShakeItOut2014 project, originally shot with Hipstamatic.
AUTO GRAFLEX JR + POLAROID BACK + IMPOSSIBLE 2.0
Camera still needs a few upgrades...but its getting there.
Continuing at the Horn Lake Target for this photo, but we’re jumping forward a bit. Interrupting our August 2023 remodel photoset, this shot takes us to a time after the remodel’s completion, looking at a set of emergency exit doors at the rear of the salesfloor within sporting goods. Ten years ago, a photo of this very spot was my first-ever upload to flickr. (They realigned the dang aisles in the remodel – there’s now an endcap blocking the spot where I was standing back in 2014, so it was impossible to get the exact same angle!)
I suppose it’s a cliché in and of itself to say I’m at a loss for words, but truly I am. (This, despite the long description you can clearly see below!) I can’t say I’m surprised it’s been that long, because in a lot of ways, no, it does feel like I’ve been doing this for a long time. On the other hand, in other ways, it’s still crazy for me to think I’ve been at this for so long. Ten years is a very long time! That’s a decade of my life – and I’ve only had two of those, plus some change! When I started this account I was a junior in high school, bored at home over Christmas break. I enjoyed the opportunity to document local retail in the region I grew up in as well as the opportunity to join the community, interact with y’all, and curate a photostream (and a blog!) as a fun hobby during college. Five years of that went by, and now I am a CPA living in the capital area of the state I’ve called home for my entire life. I don’t know what I envisioned for myself post-graduation – nothing concrete, really – but I will say that this was an unexpected location, and it’s crazy to me that flickr, and all of its people, has been there this whole time, throughout everything.
I don’t know what to say to you guys. I really don’t think I would have been (or continue to be) as engaged in this hobby if not for all of you – the photos you upload, the blog posts you write, the comments you leave, the images you fave. I wish I could say I had some grand special plan to celebrate ten years, but I really don’t. Heck, as I wrote last week, we’ll be starting 2025 with the remainder of my first-ever photoset not to conclude cleanly at year’s end: no big deal, of course, but internally at least it does seem to speak to the ever-decreasing amount of time I seem to have available to devote to this hobby. And that makes me sad. But, by the same token, I’m still not intending to go anywhere. I do want this to remain fun for me, and I think the crowd I “grew up” with on flickr is mostly experiencing similar pulls in life drawing them away from more regular activity, and that’s okay. I love all the newer folks too, and thoroughly want to continue encouraging people to keep joining the hobby, as it is a ton of fun. Moreover, I like to think it actually does accomplish something important: not just photographing a random store, but documenting an appreciation of design decisions, historical recordkeeping, and so much more than that. And it’s wild to think that my photos may well be an impetus for some people to join the site – I never really anticipated I’d be an inspiration just like many others have been to me!
Anyway, to continue what I was saying – in order to keep this fresh and fun and not get burnt out, uploads may keep slowing down, I don’t know. I don’t want them to, but I’ve also learned I don’t want to make any promises, lol. What I do want to do is keep going through my backlog, because I’ve got plenty of neat places to share, and to let you know that I haven’t stopped adding to the backlog, either, even if it is in much less frequency than years past. I have uploaded over 8,630 photos, and written over 150 blog posts. I can’t believe it! And y’all have viewed and read so, so many of those, some of you 100% of them. Thank you for that!!
I had a goal to photograph all 29 Kroger stores in Mississippi, and I finally met that goal last week, just shy of this 10-year mark. (I’ve actually photographed 32 out of 29 – Kroger closed a few over the years!) I’m sure you know by now that I love the state I live in and I’m proud to be sharing its retail with you guys. As I said, I’ve got so much more to upload in the future, and while I don’t have anything specifically special planned to celebrate ten years, I am at least happy that my final photos of the Horn Lake Target post-remodel will serve as a bit of a way to mark the occasion. With that store having been the very first one I ever uploaded a photo of, that seems pretty fitting to me, and so too was my thinking behind sharing this particular photo for this anniversary.
I did notice that somewhere along the way I must have gotten myself confused, as it looks like that “before” image was uploaded on December 30th, 2014, not the 31st, which is when I thought I joined the site :P Ah well, my annual New Year’s Eve post has become a tradition for me by now, so no sense in changing that up! I’ll see y’all in a few days with some fresh uploads to kick off 2025. Happy New Year everyone, and thanks again for supporting me for 10 years on flickr (and counting)!!
(c) 2024 (for about a day or so anyway) then 2025 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Picture: A handicapped man with no hands is writing Chinese calligraphy on the street. This sense telling me that nothing is impossible. I admire him... God Bless.
Location: Longmen Grottoes, Henan. PRC
The Longmen Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 龙门石窟; traditional Chinese: 龍門石窟; pinyin: lóngmén shíkū; lit. Dragon's Gate Grottoes) or Longmen Caves are one of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art. Housing tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and his disciples, they are located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of present day Luòyáng in Hénán province, Peoples Republic of China. The images, many once painted, were carved into caves excavated from the limestone cliffs of the Xiangshan and Longmenshan mountains, running east and west. The Yi River flows northward between them and the area used to be called Yique ("The Gate of the Yi River").[1][2][3] The alternative name of "Dragon's Gate Grottoes" derives from the resemblance of the two hills that check the flow of the Yi River to the typical "Chinese gate towers" that once marked the entrance to Luoyang from the south.[4]
There are as many as 100,000 statues within the 1,400 caves, ranging from an 1 inch (25 mm) to 57 feet (17 m) in height. The area also contains nearly 2,500 stelae and inscriptions, whence the name “Forest of Ancient Stelae", as well as over sixty Buddhist pagodas. Situated in a scenic natural environment, the caves were dug from a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) stretch of cliff running along both banks of the river. 30% date from the Northern Wei Dynasty and 60% from the Tang, caves from other periods accounting for less than 10% of the total.[3] Starting with the Northern Wei Dynasty in 493 AD, patrons and donors included emperors, Wu Zetian of the Tang dynasty, members of the royal family, other rich families, generals, and religious groups.[1][5]
In 2000 the site was inscribed upon the UNESCO World Heritage List as “an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity,” for its perfection of an art form, and for its encapsulation of the cultural sophistication of Tang China.
Geography
Mt. Longmen as seen from Manshui Bridge to the southeast. May, 2004.
This complex is one of the three notable grottoes in China, which is 12 km to the south of Luyong. The other two grottoes are the Yungang Caves near Datong in Shanxi Province, and the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang in Gansu Province in west China. The valley formed by the Yi River enclosed by two hills ranges of Xiangshan (to the east) and Longmenshan (to the west) hills have steep slopes on the western and eastern slopes along the river. Yi is a north flowing tributary of the Luo River. The grottoes are formed in 1 km of the stretch of this river and were carved on both banks, in limestone formations creating the "Longman’s Caves". Most of the work was done on the western bank, while the eastern bank caves, of smaller numbers, served as residences for the large groups of monks.[2][4]
Within the approximately 1,400 caves, there are 100,000 statues, some of which are only 1 inch (25 mm) high,[6] while the largest Buddha statue is 57 feet (17 m) in height.[7] There are also approximately 2500 stellas and 60 pagodas. The grottoes are located on both sides of the Yi River. Fifty large and medium sized caves are seen on the west hill cliffs which are credited to the Northern, Sui, and Tang Dynasties, while the caves on the east hill were carved entirely during the Tang Dynasty.[3] The plethora of caves, sculptures and pagodas in Longmen Grottoes depict a definite "progression in style" with the early caves being simple and well shaped with carvings of statues of Buddha and religious people. The change of style is more distinct in the Tang Dynastic periods which are “more complex and incorporate women and court figures as well”. The caves have been numbered sequentially from north to south along the west bank of the Yi River. Entry to the caves is from the northern end.[5]
[edit]History
[edit]Early history
The earliest history of the creation of Longmen Grottoes is traced to the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei dynasty when he shifted his capital to Luyong from Dàtóng; Luyong's symbolic value is borne by the fact that it served as the historic capital for 13 dynasties. The grottoes were excavated and carved with Buddhist subjects over the period from 493 AD to 1127 AD, in four distinct phases. The first phase started with the Northern Wei dynasty (493 and 534). The second phase saw slow development of caves as there was interruption due to strife in the region, between 524 and 626, during the reign of the Sui dynasty (581-618) and the early part of the Tang dynasty] (618-907). The third phase, was during the reign of the Tang dynasty when Chinese Buddhism flourished and there was a proliferation of caves and carvings from the 5th century to the mid 8th century. The last phase, which was the fourth, was from the later part of the Tang dynastic rule extending to the Northern Song Dynasty rule, which saw a decline in the creation of grottoes. It came to an end due to internecine war between the Jin and Yuan dynasties.[2][3][4][8]
Guyangdong or the Shiku Temple, credited to Emperor Xiaowen, was the first cave temple to be built at the center of the southern floor of the West Hill. Xiaowen followed up this activity and excavated three more caves, two in memory of his father and one in memory of his mother; all three caves are grouped under the title of the "Three Binyang Caves" (Binyangsandong), which were built by the emperor over a 24-year period. Over 30% of the caves seen now were built during this period.[3]
In 527, the Huangfugong or Shikusi grottoes, a major cave, was completed. It is a well conserved cave located to the south of the West Hill.[3]
In 675, Fengxiansi Cave, on the southern floor of the West Hill was completed during the Tang dynasty rule. This marked the third phase of creation and the peak period of the gottoes' creation. It is estimated that 60% of the caves seen at Longmen came about in this period from 626 till 755. During this period, in addition to the caves which housed Buddha statues of various sizes, some Buddhist temples were also built in open spaces with scenic settings in the same complex. However, these are now mostly in ruins. During this phase, Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian were instrumental in intensifying the activity when they were ruling from Luyong.[3]
Entrance to Longmen Grottoes (Longmen Shiku) under Manshui Bridge over Yi River ( Yi He)
[edit]Later history
During the period of 1368 to 1912, when two dynasties ruled in China, namely the Ming dynasty from 1368 to 1644, and the Qing Dynasty from 1644–1912, there was cultural revival and the Longmen Grottoes received recognition both at the national and international level.
During the Second Sino-Japanese war, the Japanese looted the site and took many of the statues back to Japan. Many of these relics are now in Japanese museums.
Vandalism occurred in the 1940s, a result of political unrest. With the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the grottoes have been declared as protected area and are being conserved. The Constitution of China, under Article 22, which among other issues also provides for protection of the natural heritage sites, has been further defined under various legal instruments enacted to protect and conserve this cultural heritage of China.[3]
The Longmen Relics Care Agency was established in 1953 under the Ministry of Culture.[3] A 1954 site inventory was undertaken by the newly established Longmen Caves Cultural Relics Management and Conservation Office. The State Council declared the Longmen Grottoes as a national cultural monument needing special protection in 1961. In 1982, it was declared as one of the first group of scenic zones to be protected at the state level.[9] The Management and Conservation Office was renamed the Longmen Grottoes Research Institute in 1990; and the People’s Government of Luoyang City became responsible for the management of the heritage monuments.[3] The governing organization was renamed the Longmen Grottoes Research Academy in 2002.[10]
During the Warring States Period, the general Bai Qi of Qin once defeated the allied forces of Han and Wei at the site. The site was subjected to significant vandalism at several points in its history. Major artifacts were removed by Western collectors and souvenir hunters during the early 20th century. The heads of many statues were also destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Two murals taken from the grottoes are reported to be displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.[5][8]
Source from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmen_Grottoes
Alex Chinneck's floating market in Covent Garden London.
Covent Garden is busy at any time of day or night, so I tried to use a really long exposure, the result works well for me as it turns the people that wandered into shot into ghostly figures, which works really well with the building its self.
A little bit about the installation
A batch of test shots with the latest lens; the immediate verdict; excellent: Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm | 2.8 Macro.
Might have to enter one or more of these into the forthcoming Macro Monday group as it is 'utensils'
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Well, apparently, IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT doesn't like people complaining about their product.. sigh...
Here's my original tweet yesterday (Their last reply should have been their first reply):
"@jacksonting
I have mixed feelings about impossible project's quality control, it's a mixed bag of good, bad and the plain ugly. #ImpossibleProject"
Here's their First reply:
"@ImpossibleUSA
@jacksonting sounds like our film isn't for you. have you thought about getting a packfilm camera and shooting fuji packfilm?"
And my response:
"@jacksonting
@ImpossibleUSA does that mean #ImpossibleProject doesn't care about quality consistency? I have a few defected film packs, refunds? ;)"
Here's their reply:
@ImpossibleUSA Impossible Project
@jacksonting of course we care about quality, what a silly thing to say. you obviously haven't been following our progress.
And my response:
@jacksonting
Jackson Ting
@ImpossibleUSA I spent hundred of dollars on your products, and this is how u treat ur customers? Perhaps review your last reply to me?
Here's their reply:
@ImpossibleUSA Impossible Project
@jacksonting our last reply was completely honest, you posted a snarky comment saying we didn't care about quality & asking for a refund.
Sep 06, 3:12 AM via web
My reply:
@ImpossibleUSA Snarky? A good customer service is never to judge ur customers but to be judged. I will visit ur NYC store later this week ;)
Their reply (Perhaps should have been their First reply ;))
@ImpossibleUSA Impossible Project
@jacksonting once again, if you were truly following us you'd know we care about our customers & do our best to help but we need more info.
My reply:
@ImpossibleUSA Thanks for being rude to your customer and also blocking my twitter account. I will seek cust. support! #impossibleproject
This is a quick pic of snuggles (I never named him that) my house bunny. I Don't think this pic really does him justice, but I must of taken 100's of shots and most of them are just white blurrs with ears, he's constantly twitching, moving, zooms off, or comes over to investigate the camera, soon as I switch the camera on he's gone..lol He's a real challenge to get a decent pic of. This isn't great as it wasn't an arranged shot or anything. I would of liked his ears in the shot and a proper background etc, and if you look at his chin you see where he's been munchin on carrots lol. One day!!....if he sits still for more than 1 second I just might get a decent shot of him. this is him just petting his teddy and sitting on his jumper..just uploaded it so you could see him (He lives totally free range in the house and is more like a little dog, house trained too luckily.
Shot with a Mamiya 645 and 80mm macro lens. 220 Ektachrome from 10/1996 devved in E6 chemistry.
Route through Redwood Regional park in Oakland-Castro Valley, California
This is the second attempt at the "impossible balance" The first one got hit by a heat wave, melted and succumbed to the laws of gravity. It got quite cold a few days after that and I started again, this time getting a little further. I wanted to keep adding to it but another heat wave came and it didn't survive.