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Relationship LV – Supersize my SUMMER McCHICKEN mystery tour.

Relationship LV - "Supersize my SUMMER McCHICKEN mystery tour."

Relationship LV – “Supersize my SUMMER McCHICKEN mystery tour.” was completed and posted on November 13, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. It was made using the album cover from a record called simply “Summer Hits”.

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This hand cut-and-paste collage took about 6 hours to complete. Some of the notable items of trash include; a hand-written note to the poet Charles Baudelaire which I found on the ground beside his grave at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, a vintage receipt from a Brussels Hotel, the printer’s color marks and top corner from an O’Doul’s six-pack box, an altered phrase from my Delta motion sickness bag, halo rays from a gum wrapper, part of a hotel key card from the Air Force Inn, part of a McDonalds McChicken wrapper, etc, etc…
I left this on a wall in Jacksonville, Florida the same day next to a nice mural on Lomax Street in Five Points.

Relatonship LV (FOUND in Jacksonville)

And it was actually found the same day by Susan G. who wrote:
“So, I get home from work and Sam says “Lance Rothstein is here” I look around the house…but no, not here but he IS in Jacksonville. So I look at the photo’s he’s posting on Facebook and Sam says “That’s Park Street and look at that collage” I’m yeah, that’s Park Street Sam! Sam, tralalala, “Sam that’s Park Street and a new collage” “oH My!” we run to the car and tear across the Acosta Bridge and race to Park Street. And there’s a Lance Rothstein on a wall underneath the new style Bob Slack graffitti. WE NOW OWN A LANCE ROTHSTEIN ORIGINAL!!”
(she posted this photo on Facebook)

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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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LC No.154

LC No.154 by LANCEPHOTO
LC No.154, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

LC No.154 – This was a blank shot from a pack malfunction so I made a collage on it using trash and found objects. – See more of my Polaroids at www.picturecrossing.com
this piece is currently available

CAMERA: Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100 – c.1964
FILM: Fuji FP3000 BSS (expired 8/2011)
DATE SHOT: 9/22/11
DATE COLLAGED: 10/2012
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

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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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X No.23

X No.23 by LANCEPHOTO
X No.23, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

X No.23 – This was another “lava effect” shot from a pack of film that was found in a Sun 660 camera I bought in Atlanta. The film had likely been in the camera for decades but I wasn’t going to waste the 5 shots left in the pack. I collaged this one using trash & found objects.
This piece is currently available.

See more of my Polaroid work at: www.picturecrossing.com

CAMERA: Polaroid Sun 660 (not this one but same model)
FILM: Polaroid 600 (very expired)
DATE SHOT:7/14/2011
DATE COLLAGED:10//2012
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

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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

lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

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: