Pocket Memories

LightLeaks Magazine :: Childhood issue

2009-09-20T13:59:00.011+02:00

The polaroid picture "El Futuro era Hoy" by Coeurenbois (Marta V) has been featured on the Childhood issue of Light Leaks Magazine. So, we have decided to make it available with "Feeling the World" by Edulterado (Eduardo Martínez) as 4x5 inches fine art prints in our etsy shop.

This special offer is as well due to our moving to Barcelona (that means we´re living together!).

Flickr INSTANT FAVORITES :: August

2009-09-06T01:14:00.002+02:00

1. souffle, 2. Untitled, 3. Polaphilia pt 7, 4. open air bubbles, 5. North Hollywood's Circus Liquor, 6. Rain is gonna come, 7. Untitled, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled, 10. Untitled, 11. Untitled, 12. After the Storm, 13. Nikki, 14. EZ No.16, 15. trafaria, 16. The boxer without Boris.

Kimya Dawson :: Tire Swing

2009-08-15T17:58:00.006+02:00

I took the Polaroid down in my room

I'm pretty sure you have a new girlfriend

it's not as if I don't like you

it just makes me sad whenever I see it

cuz I like to be gone most of the time

and you like to be home most of the time

if I stay in one place I lose my mind

I'm a pretty impossible lady to be with

Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride

and I never met a Toby that I didn't like

Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended

even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended

I had a dream that had to drive to Madison

to deliver a painting for some silly reason

I took a wrong turn and ended up in Michigan

Paul Baribeau took me to the giant tire swing

gave me a push and he started singing

I sang along while I was swinging

the sound of our voices made us forget everything

that had ever hurt our feelings

Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride

and I never met a Toby that I didn't like

Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended

even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended

wouldn't be offended

now I'm home for less than twenty-four hours

that's hardly time to take a shower

hug my family and take your picture off the wall

check my email write a song and make a few phone calls

before it's time to leave again

I've got one hand on the steering wheel

one waving out the window

if I'm a spinster for the rest of my life

my arms will keep me warm on cold and lonely nights

Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride

and I never met a Toby that I didn't like

Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended

even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended

Flickr INSTANT FAVORITES :: July

2009-08-07T23:04:00.002+02:00

1. Untitled, 2. solitude, 3. Untitled, 4. love, 5. Untitled, 6. Untitled, 7. Symmetrical silhouette at the BFI, 8. raining stars, 9. another sunset, another dawn, 10. danye..., 11. griffith brooke, 12. my flower girl, 13. THE 440 (FLIP), 14. dan and nicole..., 15. Alcatraz Birdhouse, 16. Untitled

The Sounds of the Chromatic Spectrum

2009-07-30T19:32:00.010+02:00

"Xylophone" by Edulterado (Buhoazul)

"Blanca" by Coeurenbois (Marta V)

"Bon Appétit" by Edulterado (Buhoazul)

The two original polaroids and the fine art print from the manipulated time zero film are available here.

Shot of the Day :: Polanoid.net

2009-07-27T21:42:00.004+02:00

"The Sea and the Rhythm" by Edulterado

Shot of the Day :: Polanoid.net

2009-07-18T14:56:00.005+02:00

"L'avenir devant soi" by Coeurenbois

A Skin full of Stars

2009-07-17T23:53:00.016+02:00

A Fallen Star

A Piece of Heaven

Emak Bakia

These polaroids are part of a polaroid project in which the lovely sea stars are the main subject. They emphasize the sensations that everyone feels when reach a tiny -but a huge- marvel with his hands. The Polaroid approach makes those moments more special. The pictures were made with a SX-70 Land Camera and time-zero film expired in 2001.

“A piece of heaven” and “Fallen star” are the two last prints submitted at Pocket memories Etsy shop. They are hand signed by its author (Buhoazul / Eduardo Martínez) and the copies are part of a limited edition of 30 copies.

“Emak Bakia” will be available as a print under request.

Ruth :: Polaroid Roman Photo

2009-05-17T13:19:00.010+02:00

Polaroid, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo

Pellicule impressionable
Petite bulle inconsolable
Je n'ais pas l'âge d'être sage
Comme une image, dommage, Dommage
Dommage.

Polaroid, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo

Tu sais je suis si sensible
A la lumière et inaccessible
Devant ton zoom mets un filtre rose
Si tu veux si tu veux que je pose

Polaroid, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo

Trois petits tours dans ta rétine
Pour tes nuits blanches intimes
Mais c'est toi qui mets les mots
Dans les bulles, somnambule
Somnambule.

SX-70 commercial by Charles & Ray Eames

2009-05-15T21:08:00.005+02:00

The SX-70 was a remarkable camera, so much so that the design couple Charles and Ray Eames produced an eleven-minute advertisement/explainer film for the Polaroid company in 1972.

The film demonstrates the ideas behind and science of Polaroid's folding instant camera, the SX-70. It's a fascinating piece, seeing the mix between the advertising and philosophy of a given product, and how it fits into the Eames' overall aesthetic mindset. It's a marvelously understated, artful film in the service of commerce.
It starts with a discussion of Polaroid’s history and goes into a surprisingly technical description of the camera’s operation and even its manufacturing process.

:: Presenting Pocket Memories ::

2009-04-21T02:34:00.029+02:00

“Pocket Memories” is a collaborative project, lead by Coeurenbois and Buhoazul. This site is exclusively based on vintage and alternative photography methods, specially polaroid. We would like to share our passion about alternative photography, offering what we know about pinhole, holga pictures, emulsion lifts, transfers, and any way of making photos that tastes vintage, handmanipulating and unique.

About the name of "PocketMemories"

“PocketMemories” it´s the way we feel Polaroid photography. The polaroid instant film and its tiny format, it´s like a pocket where you can carry little memories with you.

What you can find in “PocketMemories” Etsy Shop.

In "PocketMemories" you can find mainly original polaroids and fine art prints from original polaroid film. Each print is made carefully, regarding a full process to achieve the better color fidelity from the originals. The prints are limited editions and each one is hand signed by the author. Since polaroid photography has unique and unrepeateable properties, there are available for you to delight authentic polaroids and transfers, both originals.