The Impossible Year

Tag: instant film

  • Flowers from Molly, 10 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Assuming I’d forget, our dear friend Molly secretly plotted to sent us flowers for our anniversary by asking Beth Ann what day our anniversary was. Amusingly Beth Ann told her the wrong date and it arrived on the 10th when our anniversary is…

  • Texas Gold Sausage, 7 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Picked up sausages from Spoken Cafe to celebrate Labor Day, and saved two for later. Added some diced tomatoes from our garden and some cheese and it would up not just being delicious but feeling fancy AF.

  • Greenview and Wilson, 6 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Took this out on a walk with the dog, I just appreciated the aesthetic beauty of the trees contrasting with the signage.

  • Wrapping Paper, 4 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I cleaned out under our crawl space and started organizing all of the wrapping/gift-giving materials we own as Beth Ann wrapped a gift for our friend’s Zoom Bridal Shower.

  • Tools, 2 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Beth Ann has been spending a lot of time in the garage working on pottery.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.