Unplggd has some fun ideas of things you can do with used film containers. In my youth, they were good for organizing small stuff in drawers. We used them to store baby teeth, beads, seeds, nails, and marijuana. But I haven’t used a film container for anything in years. Maybe that’s why my drawers are now such a mess!
(Via Photojojo)
Meet the Swinger, the Polaroid Swinger! Has a sexier commercial ever been made?
I found this when I was researching OBSOLETE’s the section on Polaroids. I can’t remember if I mentioned it or if the mention got cut in edits. I’d go check but the book is on the other side of the room. Amos! Go get book! Good boy!
Reader Larry Boer reminded me of this gem. He wrote me a nice email and even attached a photo of his own swinger camera posing with the book. (I just put his keychain in the mail). Boer also writes me:
“Doesn’t ‘You’ve got mail’ sound like something your grandparents heard?”
Yes Larry, it does. Indeed, it seems almost quaint to call it just “mail.” It’s as if, way back when, AOL didn’t want to confuse people by adding the “e.” Or maybe the letter just hadn’t yet been invented.
Anyway, you crazy swingers you, below is Larry’s pic. I’m running quite low on keychains, so if you want one, then get on it!
Stained glass window, made with Kodachrome slides. Pretty sweet.
(From via Flickr from Rosa at Gizmodo)
Can’t get the old film that you want? Check out how one wily photographer made a machine to produce his own Kodachrome film.
(dark orange via BoingBoing)
- Me: What are these things in the picture?
- Dandara: It's tape. Like from a tape recorder.
- Me: Yeah? Tell me more.
- Dandara: It's coming out. It's like when you take pictures there used to be tape. Or something.
- Me: You sure that's what it is?
- Dandara: Well, I don't know. Maybe it's a battery.
(via peircy)
TATTOOS OF OBSOLETE OBJECTS: Vol. I, Is. 6Ars Longa, Vita Brevis is Latin for “Life is short, art is long—a fitting sentiment to have wrapped around an old film camera.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Anna Grossman is writing this bio in the third person. She is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in lifestyle and entertainment features. She is 5'7" and has been described as "nice." Su esposo, Jesus, enseñandola Espanol. Email her if you feel like it: GrossmanAJ@Gmail.com
MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR
James Gulliver Hancock is an internationally acclaimed artist who crosses as many mediums as he does borders. James is constantly on the move, having been involved in artist projects and residencies in Indonesia, Austria, France, the U.K. and America. He is currently located in Los Angeles and works on projects in Europe, America and Australia. His work is as varied as his travels, encompassing editorial illustration for magazines, commissions for music group artwork and animations, work with disabled children on logo designs, creating gigantic set illustrations for performances and TV.
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