Provincetown Harbour

We had gotten up early to drive the 6a to Provincetown to go whale watching.
These are the cute huts that line up along the harbour, some are selling paintings, some tickets for the boats.
Polaroid 103 Land camera
Fuji FP100c

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In Provincetown, Cape Cod

So here we are, whale watching out of the way and walking along the main street of the "gay capital of the USA" - check out the drag queen cycling into the frame in the first image.
Getting a buzz from using the Polacolor 108 film which expired a few years ago.

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Route 6a Cape Cod

Route 6a takes you along the length of Cape Cod to Provincetown, the Gay Capital of the USA and a great base for whale watching.
On the way we stopped at a small craft store so Julie could buy Pandora stuff, I went outside and was immediately drawn to the US flag and the thick electricity lines, I had Polaroid Polacolor 108 expired film loaded in my 250 Land Camera.

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Obsessed with the Stars and Stripes

We moved on from the heat of NYC to the heat of Cape Cod, but at least here we had a sea breeze and a lake to swim in...bliss Oakcrest Cove at Peters Pond is the place to stay.
Since getting a copy of Robert Frank's The Americans for Christmas the other year have become obsessed with Americana images and the US flag. What immediately hits you in the US is that these things are everywhere, they are very patriotic. The flags began creeping in to my images.

Impossible PX70Cool film
Polaroid SX70 Folding SLR

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Freedom Tower

We'd gotten off the bus at World Trade Centre stop. Already had our entry passes to the 9/11 Memorial so we walked on and were confronted by the looming spectacle of the nearly completed Freedom Tower. Tha stars and stripes were fluttering from a nearby building.
A jet airliner flew past and that was such a strange moment.
Polaroid 103 Automatic Land Camera
Fuji FP100c

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9/11 Memorial

We queued a while to get into the memorial site at Ground Zero. Once we'd got past the inevitable airport security we were blown away at the peace and tranquility of the place despite lots of people milling around.
Also met a guy who worked for Polaroid for 8 years

Polaroid 103 Automatic Land Camera
Fuji FP100c

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More New York Streets

Still wandering with the 103 Land camera looking for images on the go.

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new York Streets #1

Time to wander from the Hotel, this is mid town NYC on a hot ealry August morning. Polaroid Land Camera in hand looking for instant (in more ways than one) shots of streeet life.
Store dummies and the man in the white shirt coming towards me - no time to think, shoot and peel!

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5th Avenue Blues

Love the expired Polaroid Blue Film, I have some packs still in the fridge but it's becoming increasingly difficult to find at a reasonable price.
This is a "peelapart" 100 type Polaroid pack film, it does record colour but with heavy blue overtones.
The only modern, made today alternative is the Fuji FP3000b black and white film and the Fuji FP100c Colour - both excellent.

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FlatIron from Madison Square Park

Polaroid Blue film is getting harder to find at a reasonable price so the stock I do have I try to use with care. This is no bad thing as it forces you to take care with each image. This is the complete opposite to the scatter gun approach of the digital chimpers out there (Chimping, look it up).

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Avenue of the Americas

Loving this expired Polaroid Blue film

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Liberty on 5th

Lady Liberty, selling postcards on 5th Avenue

Impossible Project PX70 Cool Film
Polaroid SX70 Folding SLR

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3rd Avenue and 42nd Street

We'd been on the "Southern Loop" of the bus tour, still stifling hot in NYC and we just wanted to get off and walk in the shade. UN building was the next stop so off we hopped and walked down 42nd street towards Grand Central Station. At the junction with 3rd Avenue I snapped a picture of the receeding street and the yellow cab.
Impossible PX680 Test Film
Polaroid SX70 Folding SLR

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Brownstone and Water Towers

A morning walk from the Broadway Plaza, round the block via 6th Avenue (The Avenue of the Americas) and back up West 26th Street. The early morning sun was just creating dappled lighting on these classic New York warehouses with the wooded water containers on the rooftops. (low water pressure in Manhatten).
Polaroid SX70 Folder
PX680 Opacification Test Film V4b

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FlatIron

The FlatIron Building set against a bland sky really helps here I feel.
Looks almost like the bow of a ship.

Polaroid SX70 SLR
Impossible Test Film PX680V4 (Opacificaltion Layer Test)

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FlatIron, New York

Our Hotel was just a few blocks away from the iconic FlatIron building. A much, much photographed building, not, however by me!
An early morning stroll before the heat of the day built up with the Polaroid SX70 SLR

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Village Market, New York

It was toward the end of the same hot day, we retreated into this intereting little street market filled with quirky hand made gifts.
I found myself constantly looking up at the NYC skyline and there she was, in her shades, waiting to be photographed.

Polaroid SX70 Folder
Impossible Project PX680 Test Film

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Immigration Hall, Ellis Island

We had queued up for ages waiting in the midday sun for a ferry to take us to Ellis and Liberty Islands. Into Ellis Island Imigration Hall, away from the searing heat, I was immediately drawn to the USA flag and the light streaming in from the high windows.
Out came the SX70 SLR loaded with PX680 test film

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Don't Walk - East Village NYC

Been a hot day in New York, temperatures over 30 degrees and the humidity was high. Like all true English people we went out in the midday sun.
By the late afternoon the sun was a bit cooler and it was time to bring out the SX70 as we walked through the East Village.
Went in some trendy shops, sussed out where the Impossible Project shop and exhibition space was and finally ended up in Chinatown where we had the most wonderful Vietnamese meal.

Polaroid SX70 SLR
Impossible PX680 Test Film

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Empire State from Madison Square Park

Returned from first ever trip to the USA with loads of instant images from the SX70 Folding SLR, 250 and 103 Land Cameras.
Our hote, the Broadway Plaza was a few blocks up from the flat iron building and about 15 blocks from Times Square. The Hotel is to be recommended in all regards.
Here I had wandered off by myself early in the morning, there were some street cleaners and joggers to keep my company as I made my first exposure using the new Impossible Test Film. This latest incarnation of the "Polaroid-Type" emulsion requires no shielding from light once it spits out of the camera. Finally, the Impossible team are getting close to the original Polaroid performance.
The colour is not optimised but the muted, almost sepia like tones I think work well.

Shot from Madison Square Park looking North up 5th Avenue.

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