The Impossible Year

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  • Toyota of Lincoln Park

    Toyota of Lincoln Park

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Suddenly our 2012 Prius started making an awful rattling sound. Given that it hadn’t been in for maintenance since right before lockdown last year we figured now was as good a time as ever to bring it in. Bringing the car here was surreal because it reminded me that…

  • Lakefront, 4 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   As we began to see election results come in and the winner became clearer I felt a sense of calm come over me that had been lost for four years. It was a beautiful day here in Chicago so I biked over to the lakefront…

  • Firecakes, 3 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann’s favorite donuts come from Firecakes and they are one of our favorite local businesses. She placed an order for pick up and I biked down to Lincoln Park to get them.

  • Msgr. John Egan – DePaul University, 15 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 On my daily bike ride I encountered this statue of Monsignor John Egan in front of the DePaul University Student Center and really appreciated that someone had put a mask on it.

  • DePaul, 11 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The sign at the—currently locked—entrance-way to DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus displayed a ‘Black Lives Matter’ message.

  • Christina Polaroid SLR 680SE  / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Met up with this lady at Tin Lizzie to watch hockey and have some beers. It was a nice break from the normal routine.

  • Blair and Patrick Polaroid SX-70 AutoFocus / Impossible PX-70 Color Protection 12*12 These amazing folks popped in from London for a few days and I was able to catch dinner with them.

  • Movies in The Park Polaroid Impulse SE AutoFocus / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade 11*11 Yesterday was my friend Shelbey’s birthday. She got people together to watch The Princess Bride in Lincoln Park for her birthday. Amazingly she had never seen it before.

  • 1858 Vintage Baseball Polaroid Impulse SE AutoFocus / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade 11*11 Adrienne and I were cycling together when we found these guys playing in the park. This is something my father started in NY back before I was born. It was really cool to see it happening elsewhere. You can find more info at…

  • The Scarecrow Polaroid Impulse SE AutoFocus / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade Cool 03*12 I organized an iPhone photography meet up yesterday in OZ Park. We wandered around and shot photos of the different statues. It was a pretty good time.