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Alexander Sky, 30 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 A moment of hope in a gloomy world, we spent the day at a friend’s house staging a ‘crime scene’ photo shoot birth announcement for our friend’s newborn. (The theme was mom’s idea.) The final images will include a chalk outline added in post.
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Medical Tents, 1 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 These are situated in Buena Park behind the Howard Brown Health and by Thorek Memorial Hospital. I assume they’re used for walk up COVID testing. Tents like these have become a fixture throughout the city.
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Logan Square, 29 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I picked up a pizza from Paulie Gee’s and was surprised to see how active the Logan Square community was. Similarly to Wrigleyville, it’s like nothing is happening, which is terrible.
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Clark and Racine, 28 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 There was a pro-Trump rally outside of Wrigley Field. Myself and others went to counter protest. Just two years ago I was walking by this corner and tore down a bunch of ‘Patriot Front’ signs. It’s disturbing to me to see what is becoming…
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Lillstreet, 27 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I used to come here for printmaking classes when it was safer. My wife still comes here for very limited in person pottery classes. It’s uncomfortably quiet right now as Chicago struggles to return to normalcy.
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Min-Min Asian Cafe, 26 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We took a bike ride and stopped off at Min-Min for smoothies.
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Dog Bed, 24 August 2020Polaroid OneStep 600 / Impossible Pioneer film Color Gen 2 (Expired) Another film fail.
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Alex Palermo, 23 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Alex is a busy and creative person. They are the bass player in the band ‘Typesetter,’ a bartender at GMan Tavern, and now they are making and selling their own vegan meats. I’m not vegan but having seen photos of these online I placed an…
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Beer Fridge, 22 August 2020Polaroid OneStep 600 / Impossible Pioneer film Color Gen 2 (Expired) Popped open another old film pack to find it no longer working.