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S., by Heather Polley, taken with Polaroid Chocolate film and an Automatic 104 Land Camera. I hardly ever shoot portraits, but S. (my oldest friend’s daughter) is so lovely, it was hard to go wrong. I was still getting used to the parallax while shooting closer with the camera. View high resolution

S., by Heather Polley, taken with Polaroid Chocolate film and an Automatic 104 Land Camera.

I hardly ever shoot portraits, but S. (my oldest friend’s daughter) is so lovely, it was hard to go wrong. I was still getting used to the parallax while shooting closer with the camera.

Iago study from an Italian, by Julia Margaret Cameron, albumen print, 1867 This is the first Cameron portrait of a man I have ever seen. View high resolution

Iago study from an Italian, by Julia Margaret Cameron, albumen print, 1867

This is the first Cameron portrait of a man I have ever seen.

Work is up at Collage Gallery, installed all by myself! Most of the pieces are enlargements of Polaroid originals. I need a drink. Too bad I still have four hours of work left. We desperately need more lights on the work, but I hope that will be in place before the opening Friday night. View high resolution

Work is up at Collage Gallery, installed all by myself! Most of the pieces are enlargements of Polaroid originals. I need a drink. Too bad I still have four hours of work left.

We desperately need more lights on the work, but I hope that will be in place before the opening Friday night.

Jeff Buckley (Jeff Drifts Off), from the Grace album cover shoot, by Merri Cyr, 1994 The world lost one of its greatest singers 15 years ago today. It still makes me sad to think of the music we will never get to hear. View high resolution

Jeff Buckley (Jeff Drifts Off), from the Grace album cover shoot, by Merri Cyr, 1994

The world lost one of its greatest singers 15 years ago today. It still makes me sad to think of the music we will never get to hear.

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, run through the Instacrt app that sends your photo to a TV/video contraption in Stockholm, then sends you a picture of the screen. Very fun to play with! #instacrt #iphoneography #sanfrancisco View high resolution

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, run through the Instacrt app that sends your photo to a TV/video contraption in Stockholm, then sends you a picture of the screen. Very fun to play with! #instacrt #iphoneography #sanfrancisco

achfoto: Oakland has the prettiest airport // Anna Chang  View high resolution

achfoto:

Oakland has the prettiest airport // Anna Chang 

(Reblogged from achfoto)
Bottle Collection, by Heather Polley, taken with Impossible PX100 Silver Shade film (second generation), with a plastic Pronto SX-70 camera Revisiting an outtake from at least a year ago. View high resolution

Bottle Collection, by Heather Polley, taken with Impossible PX100 Silver Shade film (second generation), with a plastic Pronto SX-70 camera

Revisiting an outtake from at least a year ago.

profp: (Eugène Atget; French, 1857-1927) “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.”― Salvador Dalí View high resolution

profp:

(Eugène Atget; French, 1857-1927)

“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.”
― Salvador Dalí

(Reblogged from deathbyathousandcats)
Art, Oakland Murmurama Night View high resolution

Art, Oakland Murmurama Night

I am very honored to be featured on The Impossible Project’s blog, as part of their “8 Exposures” series! “It’s time for another foray into 8 Exposures territory. This entry revolves around California photographer Heather Polley 1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use? I have several folding SX-70s, as well as a plastic box-type Pronto SX-70. For pack film, I shoot an Automatic 104 Land Camera. My dad is conveniently a vintage camera dealer. He recently gave me three Spectra cameras that are so new to me, I haven’t had a chance to shoot them yet. 2) Why do you like instant photography? Instant film breathed new life into my work. I’ve always been an analog photographer, and I work a lot with alternative print processes because the element of chance brings a freshness and beauty that you don’t often see in digital work. I like happy accidents and imperfections. I shot with 35mm film for many years, but I have found that shooting instant film adds a new layer of complexity to my compositions….” Read the rest of the article and see more photographs here. View high resolution

I am very honored to be featured on The Impossible Project’s blog, as part of their “8 Exposures” series!

“It’s time for another foray into 8 Exposures territory. This entry revolves around California photographer Heather Polley

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

I have several folding SX-70s, as well as a plastic box-type Pronto SX-70. For pack film, I shoot an Automatic 104 Land Camera. My dad is conveniently a vintage camera dealer. He recently gave me three Spectra cameras that are so new to me, I haven’t had a chance to shoot them yet.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

Instant film breathed new life into my work. I’ve always been an analog photographer, and I work a lot with alternative print processes because the element of chance brings a freshness and beauty that you don’t often see in digital work. I like happy accidents and imperfections. I shot with 35mm film for many years, but I have found that shooting instant film adds a new layer of complexity to my compositions….”

Read the rest of the article and see more photographs here.