Exploring the unlikely intersections of walking, photography and making
My journey from room to room to room continues. All photographs in my From Our Windows project were taken in May, June and July 2020 with a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera, Alpha 1, Model 2 manufactured January 12, 1977. The film used for this project was Polaroid/Polaroid Originals Color SX-70 Film manufactured by Impossible BV... Continue Reading →
This is the first of several experiments using alcohol inks to alter Polaroid SX-70 photos. The glossy Mylar image is the perfect receptor for these inks. I watch as a single drop of ink spreads out across the plastic surface unpredictably. I hope for a circle. I hope that another drop and another colour will... Continue Reading →
A few more Polaroids of light infiltrating our home.
The pandemic grows on and on and on. Regulations come and go and come and go and come again. But home remains home.
A few more SX-70 photographs. Please be sure to click "Continue reading..." below to see all the images.
The last time I picked up a Polaroid camera was about 1979. It was a Polaroid OneStep loaded with SX-70 film, both original Polaroid Corporation products. So much has changed since then. Polaroid filed for bankruptcy in 2001, changed ownership twice and finally shut down its film processing plants in 2008. The Impossible Project salvaged... Continue Reading →
Celebrating Holi, Mumbai, India, 2011 Celebrating Holi, Mumbai, 2011 Celebrating Holi, Mumbai, India, 2011 Celebrating Holi, Mumbai, 2011 Our Holi celebration would not have happened were it not for the warm welcome of the Karveer family to their Mumbai home. They are from left to right: Smita, Shirish (who lives in Winnipeg), Gail, Nandadeep and... Continue Reading →
Oki, Shikoku, Japan, 2017 Saijō City, Shikoku,Japan, 2017 Varanasi, India, 2011 On the ghats of Varanasi, India, 2011 Wedding procession, New Delhi, India, 2011 Wedding procession, New Delhi, India, 2011 Black Valley on the Kerry Way, Ireland, 2016 On the Avondhu Way near Killavullen, Ireland, 2016
Mexico City, 2018 Mexico City, 2018 London, 2019 St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007 Near Gobi, Mongolia, 2007 Near Gobi, Mongolia, 2007 Nagasaki, Japan, 2017 Fukuoka, Japan, 2017
Bhaji, our good friend and volunteer guide to all things Sikh, in front of the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, New Delhi, India, 2011 New Delhi, India, 2011 Varanasi, India, 2011 Udaipur, India, 2011 Udaipur, India, 2011 Pilgrims on the road to Garhmukteshwar, India, 2011 Pilgrims on the road to Garhmukteshwar, India, 2011