lance aram rothstein Collaged Polaroids

PX No.566 left in Ghent

PX No.566 by LANCEPHOTO
PX No.566, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.566 (SX No.480) Originally a shot showing a mannequin head in a window at a house on Sloterkade in Amsterdam, Nederland. – I drew on it and collaged with trash and found objects.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE – c.1978
FILM: Impossible Project PX600 Silver Shade Black Frame (box #44017022011)
DATE:5/22/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.566 was left in Ghent, Belgium on 10/28/2012 on the “MoMa gravestone” of artist Leo Copers’ – Museum Graveyard in Citadel Park. (see photo below)

See more of my Left Polaroids at: www.picturecrossing.com

see where it was left in Ghent:
PX No.566 (left in Ghent)

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Relationship LIII “Why not Face it? TERROR glamorises reports:”

Relationship LIII – “Why not Face it? TERROR glamorises reports:” (14×17.5cm) is my 53rd collage. Completed on 10/25/2012 using trash and found objects on an old comic book cover: Terror No.83 – “De Sadist van de Provence” (see photo below)
This piece is currently available.

Terror # (Collage LIII)

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Collage Relationship LI – “Gentlemen Still Prefer to Rock It This Way”

Collage Relationship LI by LANCEPHOTO
Collage Relationship LI, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

My 51st collage: Relationship LI – “Gentlemen Still Prefer to Rock it This Way” was made using the magazine cover from the May 14, 1955 issue of “Picturegoer” by with Jill Adams on it. It was completed on October 1, 2012 at home in Mons, Belgium. It measures approximately 12×9 inches and is backed on recycled cardboard.
This piece is currently available.

see the original magazine cover:
Picturegoer Jill Adams

the halo rays are made from gum, candy & cigarette wrappers found on the street. See how they reflect the light at the right angle:
Reflection angle of Relationship LI

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Relationship XLIV – “Save your Kisses for the Saturdays of Summer”

Collage Relationship XLIV was completed and left on Sunday 7/22/2012 on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud in the 11th arrondissement in Paris, France.
While staying in Paris for the weekend and visiting the Montparnasse Cemetery, this collage was made using the back side of the LP “Exitos del Verano”.

I collected most of the material as trash from the streets of Paris during my visit there. – Notably, a small post-it message to Charles Baudelaire I found beside his grave. (note: I purposefully selected this particular item because it had already been blown off the grave slab and was likely to blow farther or be picked up as trash.) It says (in French) “For Charles, The greatest poet in the world. With Gratitude” – it is signed but I can’t quite make out the first name. The last name is “St-Jean.”
Some other notable items I picked up and used include: a police notice of car impounding (in triplicate), a fake leaf, the edge of a small black frame, a lottery form, a Pringles chip seal, several flyers, our receipt for some Rainier Cherries we bought on Rue Daguerre, and some multicolored short lengths of yarn (I actually saw a girl drop these on the ground near the Eiffel Tower).

See where it was left:
Relationship XLIV (left in Paris)

See the original album cover:

The main phrases in this piece say: “Save your Kisses for the Saturdays of Summer”
“Supershopping Party prescription for ladies and animals!”
“Do not use in cribs, carriages or playpens.” (from a large plastic bag used in product packaging).

This, my 44th collage, took about 6 hours to complete and kept me up until after 6am, leaving me with about 2.5 hours of sleep for the long Sunday ahead.

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Relationship XXXIX “Enjoy il Silenzio”

Relationship XXXIX “Enjoy il Silenzio”

This collage was completed and left in La Louviére, Belgium on 7/12/2012 on the front of a vacant bank building at #7 Rue de Bouvy. (see below) I used the 45 record cover “Il Silenzio” by Nino Rosso. This was likely one of the fastest record cover collages I’ve done so far. It was started and finished within about 3 hours while sitting at Les Brasseries Mansart nearby.

see where it was left in La Louvière:
Relationship XXXIX (left in La Louvière)

see the original record cover:

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Relationship XXXVIII “Sexy Mons”

Relationship XXXVIII “Sexy Mons” was completed and posted up on 6/6/2012 on a burned-out and boarded-up building along Rue de la Clef in Mons, Belgium.

See where it was left:
Relationship XXXVIII (Left in Mons)

see the original record cover:
Mantovani Candlelight (Collage XXXVIII)

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Relationship XXXVII “CHARLIE don’t SHOCK”

Via Flickr:
Relationship XXXVII “CHARLIE don’t SHOCK” was completed and posted up on 5/20/2012 in the Notting Hill area of London, England on a chip-board barrier around some construction scaffolding at the United House on Notting Hill Gate near the intersection of Pembridge Road.
see where it was left in London:
Relationship XXXVII (left in Notting Hill / London)

see the original record cover:

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Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”

Via Flickr:
my 31st collage: Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”
This piece took more than 7 hours over 2 days while visiting Florence.

Completed on 12/31/2011 and left on 1/1/2012 in Florence, Italy.
Placed on a wall at the covered entrance to Costa de’ Magnoli.

see where it was left in Florence, Italy:
Collage XXXI (left in Florence, Italy)

and see the original album cover:
Salute to the Big Bands - (Collage XXXI)

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Relationship XXX – “Spring’s Hottest Celebrity Anarchists”

Via Flickr:
My collage: Relationship XXX – “Spring’s Hottest Celebrity Anarchists” was completed and left on 12/1/2011 on the back of an information board at Green Key Beach (Robert K. Rees Memorial Park) in New Port Richey, Florida.

see where I left it :
Relationship XXX (left in Florida)

and see the original album cover:
Top of the Pops -(Relationship XXX)

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Relationship XXIX – “Don’t You Shush Me”

Relationship XXIX was completed and left on 8/29/2011 (my birthday) along the “Icon Walk” wall just outside The Icon Factory, a cool urban gallery & shop at the corner of Aston Place and Bedford Lane in the Temple Bar district of Dublin, Ireland. –
see where it was left in Dublin:
Relationship XXIX (left in Dublin)

here is the original record album cover I started from:
Ram-Bunk-Shush (for Relationship XXIX)