I love the colors this photo has been reduced to. On the back it says, “Emily, high school, 2007! It’s been awesome getting to know you over the years! We’ve had so many fun times (wandering around Walmart!) Good luck with all you do!”
I found this at work (an office store that has a copy center) just sitting on one of the display furniture chairs. I took black and white photography in high school and college, and this looks like someone actually developed it themselves in a darkroom. I was trying to think of how they did it … Continued
I was delighted to find this on my walk home from school while passing a construction site. This is the third polaroid I have found on the ground in the past couple months.
Found while walking home one day.
While taking a side street to Brattle Square, I found this little Polaroid gem. Being obsessed with Polaroids myself, I immediately recognized the white boarder that was gleaming, and it was instantly noticeable on the gray ground. I love that this one’s a sort of double exposure: the girl appears twice on the film but … Continued
Some kind of liquid had spilled on the sidewalk and taken the shape of a dog’s head.
I found this half-mutilated photo negative on the floor of a warehouse about to be torn down. When I scanned it, it looked like an alien or a fetus was staring the guy right in the face, and he doesn’t seem to mind it all that much.
I was digging in my garden and found a little scrap of 8mm film caught in some roots, so I scanned it. The film contains about five frames of a home movie on Christmas morning. Two children are in the frames, a little boy and a little girl, and a decorated Christmas tree is visible … Continued
My husband found this Polaroid on the street. We’re not sure if the objects surrounding the bird are candles, corks or perhaps wooden pegs.
The day after I found your website I went looking desperately for a “find” and didn’t come up with much. That night, as I was carrying out my custodial duties (collecting the trash at a Hay and Grain office) I caught a glimpse of this photo in a secretary’s trash can. I am stunned that … Continued