The Impossible Year

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  • Cafe Tola, 3 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Cafe Tola is a small coffee and empanda shop on Southport Avenue that has expanded over the years into a chain of stores all over Chicago. This one however, is near and dear to my heart. In light of everything going on they’ve boarded up…

  • Birthday Trivia Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Spent my 32nd birthday with a quiet group of friends playing trivia at Mystic Celt.

  • Oranges Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection I went to Jewel on my way to pick up dinner. I wish the light in there wasn’t an awful florescent.

  • Exit Only Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection My fascination with the Southport Brown line station continues. I don’t know why I shoot it so much… It’s really not that unique.

  • Danielle and Zach Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection These two came in from Minneapolis for Riot Fest but unfortunately a different day. We managed to get breakfast on Monday though. I’ve known Zach for a while, he’s the writer / artist behind the amazing Joe and Monkey webcomic. On Monday I got…

  • Below the Southport Brown Line on a Thursday Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Wednesday might be dull but on Thursday’s they have this “Lowline Market” with tons of great local craft foods. It’s kinda amazing. This is were i learned about Puffs of Doom. Amazing.

  • Below the Southport Brown Line on a Wednesday… Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Relatively dull, the Divvys are a nice touch though.

  • Gym Locker Room Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Not much to say here. Sometimes when I’m here late I’ll be the only customer, or one of very few. The locker room was completely empty. I need to get back in routine but it’s always helpful to clear my head.

  • Line For Neil Gaiman Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Amusingly the day after I shoot an off the cuff shot of the Music Box there is a MASSIVE line around the block for a Neil Gaiman book signing. I wish I had known in advance!

  • The Music Box Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection It had just been a while since I had taken a good shot of it.