The Impossible Year

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  • 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…

  • Election Night, 3 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We ordered some Chicago ‘Tavern Style’ pizza and cracked open some Oktoberfest beer to await the election night returns.

  • Wendy’s, 2 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Shot the while going through a drive through.

  • Halloween, 31 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Our neighbors set up a grim dinner party on their front yard behind their fence. With everyone concerned about COVID for the holidays it felt clever and maybe a bit too on the nose.

  • Biggles Seizes the Screens, 30 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I spent the day in the studio finishing up my first big run of screen prints since COVID hit (’Be A Light’ was just a warm up.) This print, with an extremely limited edition of 25, will be going on sale on…

  • Royal Oak Farm Apple Orchard, 26 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We went Apple picking on the day of the first freeze of the season. We were among the only people there and it was a joy.

  • Editing Station, 24 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I huddled myself at the iMac for what felt like forever while editing ‘Be A Light’ in a blind rush to complete it in time for election day. My desk became a disaster area. I did it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVn2KnE0EFw

  • Transitions, 23 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   My wife and I voted early, and my new phone arrived.

  • Be A Light, 22 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Inspired by my friend Jess Godwin’s song of the same name, I made a limited edition screen print. A portion of each sale will be donated to My Block, My Hood, My City.

  • Lumio, 21 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I set my phone on a tripod and used this cool Lumio folding book light to record my first TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reallocalcelebrity