December 2011
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The 2011 Show!
It’s review of the year time… The year started with an unexpected gift: a Rolleiflex! My dear departed friend Matt’s mother decided to clear out some of her old film cameras, and wondered if I wanted it, along with an old Polaroid Super Shooter. I did. I love it. Also, early in the year I got to be one of the beta testers for The Impossible Project’s new PX680...
July 2011
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Long ago and far away...
My dad found this a few months ago while sorting through his photos. I’m guessing it’s around 1974 as I look about 3. Also, chickens! Posted via email from jake messenger - lightbox | Comment »
‘Roid Week 2011
And so another ‘Roid Week comes and goes. As always, it’s an inspiration, with so many fantastic pictures posted. Clearly instant film is dead: the group has 1378 members and 3891 pictures were posted! It would be interesting to know what proportion is Impossible, what expired Polaroid. Anyway, here are my shots, in order, with minimal commentary. Click the pictures for the original Flickr page....
‘Roid Week 2011
And so another ‘Roid Week comes and goes. As always, it’s an inspiration, with so many fantastic pictures posted. Clearly instant film is dead: the group has 1378 members and 3891 pictures were posted! It would be interesting to know what proportion is Impossible, what expired Polaroid. Anyway, here are my shots, in order, with minimal commentary. Click the pictures for the original Flickr page....
June 2011
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The Last 600
I came quite late to the game with Polaroid, taking my first shot (as an adult) in spring 2009. I bought one pack of ATZ to see if my dad’s old SX-70 still worked. It did. I was hooked. Back home I did my research, got a neutral density filter for the lens and searched out some 600 film. Boots The Chemists in Cambridge had stock and I was on my way. I went back a month later and bought...
Watchtwtge:
TWTGE the polaroid issue
with
“A Brief Polaroid Introduction” by Silvia Ianniciello
A talk with… Rhiannon Adam
“Impossible Project a dream come true”
Polaroid is… with
Brigette Palmer, Marija Cerniavskaite,
Irma Rose Pettitt, Amanda Pulley,
Martina Giammaria, Lydia T.,
Andrea Simonato, Michela Heim,
Mai Downs, Kate Pulley,
Arianna Lerussi, Elena Vaninetti,
David Dittrich,...
May 2011
5 posts
The Voice of Edwin Land
I’ve just finished reading Land’s Polaroid by Peter C. Wensberg (you can find it on amazon very cheap), a fascinating history of the company from its foundations in the 30’s with polarising screens, through the huge contributions to the war effort, the post-war invention of instant photography, up to the early 80’s when Edwin Land retired. Wensberg ran the marketing at...
champalicious: adventures in elsewhere
Do please check out Champalicious, the new website by Heather Champ. In it she wants to “celebrate the work of others”. As the former Director of Community at Flickr and a co-founder of JPG Magazine, she has a very good pedigree for sharing people’s work. And she’s a rather fine photographer herself, in love with the analogue and the digital. And she’s Canadian, which current political strife...
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PX680 is here for all!!
(Deer Crossing) The day has come! The Impossible Project is now selling the fabulous, exciting and new PX680 First Flush in its store. Having now torn though a few packs of PX680 (including the ones in this post, taken in early April in the South of France), I feel I can deliver an opinion: it’s the Holy Grail. Ever since Impossible was established to reengineer from scratch the miracle...
April 2011
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Like Father, Like Son
My father and I are very serious men. Many a solemn hour is spent discussing important things. Frivolity is frowned upon. In fact most things are frowned upon. Except frowning. Or not. I bought my dad a Polaroid EE100 as a Christmas present and when I was out in France in early April he was trying it out, taking a couple of portraits of me to get the feel of it. I don’t often...
March 2011
3 posts
Kodak Brownie Flash 20
Yesterday I found this very cool camera in a charity shop, and wanted to share the manual. It dates from around 1950, and the camera looks good on my shelf. I may even try adapting a roll of 120 to fit the 620 spool inside. Kodak Flash 20.pdf Download this file Posted via email from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
The Possible Project
Adventures in the new instant films, and a look at the future! On March 22 2010, in the Impossible Project space in New York, Florian Kaps unveiled the first products of the factory in Enschede: PX100 Silver Shade First Flush, a sepia-tinged monochrome instant film. It was characterised by a soft, often golden quality. It was very sensitive to light when ejected, as well as sensitive to...
Rebecca Feiner - Memory
My friend Rebecca Feiner has a solo show at an amazing John Soane church in Bethnal Green in London running at the moment, with the last day on Thursday 3rd of March: http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/content.php?page_id=3128 It’s a moody installation of video, sound, projections, and is very evocative. Up the stairs, visitors are invited to write a memory on a luggage label and attach it to...
February 2011
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Save celluloid, for art's sake | Art and design |...
On Tuesday last week, the staff at Soho Film Laboratory were told by their new owners, Deluxe, that they were stopping the printing of 16mm film, effective immediately. Len Thornton, who looks after 16mm, was told he could take no new orders. That was it: medium eviction without notice. This news will devastate my working life and that of many others, and means that I will have to take...
A nephew and two nieces
I spent Sunday with my sister and three of her children (the other is away at university). We had a fun time in the gardens of Cotehele in Cornwall, then went and had a big cream tea at Hotel Endsleigh in Devon. Of course I had some Polaroid cameras with me, and in my SLR680 I had some Impossible Project PX 600 UV+… Posted via email from jakem’s posterous | Comment »...
January 2011
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Stairs to the gym...
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October 2010
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Beautiful Light
I was in the forest yesterday with the sun being magic. Not enough film, but my Hipstamatic app came in handy. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
September 2010
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“It was true then and continues to be true now; Dr. Land is a person with the...”
– The Birth of SX-70: Recollections of one Design Engineer — A document on Scribd, discovered via Dave Bias.
Do you think Lady Gaga and her “creative team” at “Polaroid” are innovating like this? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Do you think Andre, Doc, and the team at the Impossible Project have dreams...
August 2010
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Blue sky is blue
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After the rain
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July 2010
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Lunch at The Photographers' Gallery
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London Corner
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Forest Mosaic
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Tube
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Lamp
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Wisp
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Southwold
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Tate Britain - Sea Harrier
Installation by Fiona Banner. Quite extraordinary. Posted via email from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
Tate Britain
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Centre Point
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Evening Clouds
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Restart
I do apologise - I’ve been neglecting my Posterous! I’m going to change focus - my iPhone pictures of ‘interest’ will go here. They just don’t really fit with my flickr stream anymore…. So, here’s some proof of the iPhone 4’s capabilities: Posted via email from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
November 2009
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1965 Polaroid Swinger
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1965 Polaroid Swinger
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1965 Polaroid Swinger
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August 2009
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Polaroid SX-70 - Eames' Short Film
via youtube.com Because this film can’t be posted often enough… Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
July 2009
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Make: Online : Greenhouse made of glass negatives
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Pastel - by bambam4236
via flickr.com Loooong exposure on a Polaroid… Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
June 2009
5 posts
Fortune's Kodachrome legacy - Robert Doisneau,...
via money.cnn.com A great set of Kodachrome images from Fortune magazine’s past. This is my favourite - a great Doisneau image. Thanks to @polaroidgirl for the heads-up! Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
WWIII Propaganda: Someone Tweeted - flickr set by...
via flickr.com I think it was me who tweeted. Sorry. Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
tree at stowe landscape gardens, buckinghamshire,...
via flickr.com Excellent excellent Holga images. You can also buy his Blurb book… Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
The Polaroid Kidd - Mike Brodie
via seanwoolsey.com These pictures are amazing and timeless. An incredible project, humblingly executed. Sigh… Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
High Line
via flickr.com Rooftop plants in New York from anniebee Posted via web from jakem’s posterous | Comment »
December 2008
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October 2008
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