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Darkslide

In order to create the most beautiful Instant Film ever produced, we optimized the new material in every detail. The new Impossible Instant Films will be protected by the traditional Darkslide. Together with Alice Severin, a student of the specialization in Style&Design at Zurich University of the Arts we converted the Darkslides into collector cards presenting selected art projects. On a regular basis we will invite artists to develop refreshing, creative and inspiring content that turns the Impossible Darkslides into unique pieces of art. The first edition “61 Impossible Projects” was developed by Style&Design, ZHdK, CH.

via IMPOSSIBLE – PROJECTS.

After a few months break, I sat down to work on one of those unfinished canvases.  Well, my self-inflicted drought deemed to be suffice, as  I gave the once unfinished canvas a new name, in just one evening.  

18"x24" Sea of Change

I was really pleased to discover that I had made a post on Go Holga every day this week (monday – thursday). I hope you are enjoying the content after the recent lapse that the blog had.

With this in mind, I thought I’d better round off with one final post; a little inspiration from flickr.

I’ve collected together 8 great shots that will definitely make you want to get out and use your Holga camera!

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Over the past few months I have been experimenting with collage art and Polaroid SX-70 film.  Peeled, scraped, layered, transferred or lifted these analog manipulations have become an imperative material in my latest collage art creations. 

I used Polaroid’s SX-70 Artistic TZ (limited-edition) film.  This was my first attempt with using SX-70 for emulsion lifts.  I previously worked with Fuji 100c & Polaroid 669 film.  I read somewhere that the earlier Time Zero (SX-70) film wouldn’t work for emulsion lifts.  So, needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised when the Artistic TZ lifted/transferred with ease!

Comments and/or questions always appreciated.  Thanks!

With 120 film and a cable release in hand, I put them on the shelf right next to the Lubitel pinhole; and there they sat…days turning into weeks, weeks into months…you get the picture.  At any rate, dust began to collect, as it was months before I picked up where I left off.  By this time I had collected a few vintage Polaroid cameras and had the idea to remove a film back from one of them and slap (or heavily duct tape) it to the back of the Lubitel.  So once again, the conversion continued as I set up shop and busted out my Dremel, dedicating several, non-stop hours to cutting, buffing and taping plastic to plastic.  In the end, a rather nice looking (duct tape included) pinhole camera emerged.  Due to the smaller size of the Lubitel camera, I decided to go with the Polaroid back that takes Type 80, square format pack film.  Plus, I still had a pack of Viva  laying around, with more on it’s way (from Ebay).

After a few tests shots and some adjustments, I managed to produce a pretty good doll shot.  I’ll be posting photos of the completed Lubitel Pinhole in the next few days, as well as additional images I take with the camera (once my film arrives).  So, check back soon for updates.  Comments and/or suggestions are always appreciated:)