The Impossible Year

Tag: wicker park

  • Wicker Park, 21 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann interpreted a protest and I picked her up from it. While waiting for her to arrive I took in the sights of Wicker Park. The street art and flier postings in Wicker Park really represent the time we’re living in right now.

  • Mindy’s Hot Chocolate, 6 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Spent some time cycling the retail corridors of the city and saw some amazing artwork painted on people’s boarded up windows. This Sam Cooke lyric really stuck with me though.

  • Delish Diner’s Stained Glass Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Delish Diner’s location was previously a a funeral home. Hence the pretty stained glass windows) I met up with Mika, Ian, Emily, and Bonnie for a ‘haunted’ brunch here. The food was excellent, there was (sadly) no evidence of a haunting.

  • Bill Polaroid SLR 680 / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Hung out with a few folks last night at Emporium. Bill was among them.

  • The ASL Encyclopedia – Beth Ann and Crom Saunders  Polaroid SX-70 AutoFocus / Impossible PX-70 Color Protection NIGO Beth Ann and I went to a deaf culture performance at the Chopin Theatre, The ASL Encyclopedia Presents: Sharks. The event was entirely signed but also interpreted in English as well. Crom is one of the organizers…

  • OhNo!Doom’s End Polaroid Spectra ProCam / Impossible PZ-680 Color Protection After a bunch of successful years the OhNo!Doom artist collective decided it was time to pack it and hosted one final show entitled “The End is Near!”

  • Matt Stratton, Classy Guy Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade COOL 05*12 Matt had his birthday yesterday and we got together at Pint for drinks.

  • Milwaukee and Damen Polaroid Spectra ProCam / Impossible PZ-680 Color Shade Cool 05*12 Went on a instant photo walk here with some lovely new friends.

  • Lana Crooks at OhNo!Doom Polaroid Impulse SE AutoFocus / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade 11*11 Lana is a friend and a part of the OhNo!Doom art collective. Every month they have a different gallery show / opening. One of my favorite free things to do in the city. Also, all of the work is for sale if…

  • Lady Laura and the Mystery of the Found Piano Polaroid Impulse SE AutoFocus / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade Cool 03*12 A friend of Laura’s caught wind of a piano that strangely showed up on Chicago’s abandoned Bloomingdale Trail train line. We of course thought this was a perfect opportunity for a photo shoot. Also, today is Laura’s…