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Update #10: And then the sunset ...
As you may have already known, the Instant America Project has failed to receive funding. Maybe it is true that the age of instant film has now passed us by. I may take this as a sign to sell off my Polaroid cameras while they are still worth some money, perhaps channel it into another project of broad scale.
I just wanted to drop everyone this update to tell you all how amazing it was that you supported me, I am eternally grateful that you seen the value of the project. Alas, too few did. As such, we part ways with you gaining my most heartfelt thank yous.
Walt
Update #9: Time is waning...
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Posted on February 2, 2011
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Update #8: A new reward added @ the $500 level
It might be a long shot but I added in a reward for a $500 level backer. I got the idea from another project where the idea was to bring the backer into the project somehow. This is how I am implementing this idea into the instant america project. You can read the details in the rewards section on the main page.
Update #7: The website is live ... sorta.
I broke down last night and built a wordpress blog to point the site at. It isn't exactly what I wanted, but with 40 days to go there needed to be something.
If funding is successful the instantamericaproject.com will be the future site of all the updates as the journey unfolds in May.
Update #6: Newly releathered SX-70 Model 2
Just thought I would post a quick dirty image of the SX-70 Model 2 that I mentioned in the previous post. I recovered it in hand cut red snake skin. I think it looks pretty swanky!
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on March 3, 2011.
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Acknowledgment in the resulting book, the website and my eternal gratitude (it doesn't spend well currently, but you never know about the future).
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The $1 level, plus a 5x7 unframed reprint of an image from the collection (your choice), signed on the reverse, and a certificate certifying it is an original first run reprint in the limited run 5x7 reprints of the collection. Each print is limited to 50 5x7 ratio reprints.
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$1 level, plus a signed (on the reverse) unframed original image from the collection.
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$1 level, plus a signed, matted and framed original image from the collection and the Polaroid 600 One Step cameras used in the project, signed by the artist.
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$1 level, plus 2 signed and framed original Polaroids from the collection, as well as one of the three Polaroid Automatic pack film cameras used in the project signed by the artist, plus a pack of Fuji 3000B B/W pack film to get you started on your own instant projects.
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Wow! Thanks so much! At this premium level you receive $1 Level, 1 large reprint (an 8"x10" most likely), plus the $200 level EXCEPT you can ask for a particular subject to be shot while on the trip. That's right, a completely custom reward. If you pledge at this level I will send you an email upon successful funding, ask you for two shot ideas, color or B&W, and your preference for peel apart pack film or newer intregal films. On the trip I will implement the chosen topic in 6 shots. Three of one and three of the other. You will get to pick 2 of these images. They will be signed on the reverse and framed. Signing the framing mat is optional and is up to you.
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I was born in Kentucky in 1978. While still a kid, I had an ability for art, however, over time science became my main interest. Putting away the sketchpad, I eventually earned two bachelor degrees from Eastern Kentucky University in Psychology and Sociology. After college, I once again entered the world of art via employment as an Art Director for a small toy company. This rediscovered passion lead me to photography. I have been a Semi-professional photographer for 4 years. I enjoy experimenting with film, antique cameras, and travel photography. Currently, I specialize in boutique styled on-site photography, fine art photography, and I am enrolled in Graduate school at the Eastern Kentucky University. I plan to enter a Doctoral program shortly after graduation in early 2012.
