There’s some news coming in an hour or two, but my bed is calling and it’s too cold to sit up all night, clattering away on my Mac keyboard so it will have to wait. Until tomorrow…

It’s a sad day for me…Sunday just gone I woke up early (couldn’t sleep) to a beautiful sunrise. As is my habit I reached for my polaroid camera, pressed the shutter and…kaput. My beloved SX70 is now dead. It could be in a temporary coma, but I prefer not to apply the balm of false hope.

All this in the week that a package of rare polaroid film arrived from Austria. Fate is taunting me.

«Taxi!»

Well, the shots from Paris have been processed for some time now – either hanging up in my bathroom (several rolls of black & white: tri-x and acros100) or back from their trip to the lab. Now begins the long slog of dusting, mounting, scanning and spotting said negatives and slides…but I’m being lazy. So far I’ve only managed to upload one and a half rolls of colour from our trip. That leaves 25 and a half rolls left to upload!

This is 2008…surely we sould have robots to do this sort of thing for us by now?

As soon as the prints are available for sale I’ll post a link here, but in the meantime if you want to be kept up to date on developments, drop me an email: mat{at}cyanblue.co.uk

Just to let you know that I’m currently showing work in a group exhibition dedicated to the art of Polaroid. We’re showing at The Nest gallery in California and as this is my first show for a while I’m pretty excited! The private view is tonight, but if you miss that don’t worry; the exhibition runs from the 11th September to 31st October.

The show accompanies the recent “For the Love of Light” book, and I’m showing along with my fellow contributors Jenifer Altman, Anna L. Beard, Jennifer Evans, Jen Gotch, Anna Kathrin Koch, Monika Elena Kost, Nanako Koyoma, Fernanda Montoro, Mia Moreno and Anne Naumann.

To find out more about “For the Love of Light” project or to buy copies, click here.

The Nest gallery is well worth a visit, plus they do a lot to raise money for local arts grants. You can find them on the web at www.napanest.com, though it’s not as much fun as seeing the work in the flesh. If you in the area, drop in and see them at 1019 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, California 94558. Their opening times are Fri, Sat, Sun 10am to 6pm, though you can call them on 707.255.7484.

If you go, be sure to say hi to the lovely Ann Trinca who helped organise the show!

25 photographers, 10 countries, 50 photographs, 110 pages – one medium.

Hi friends! As you may know, I was asked to contribute two photographs, along with 24 other superb artists, to a celebration of the life of the Polaroid photograph. The expression of our shared love for this sadly doomed medium is “For the Love of Light” – a beautiful book designed and edited by the very talented Jen Altman.

We are now taking pre-orders for the limited edition, individually numbered run of the book. Each book in the initial run will also come with a limited edition 5×5″ print.

You can pre-order your copy and find out more about this fantastic project by visiting the website: www.fortheloveoflight.com

I hope you can join us on our journey!

Take one ancient box brownie type camera and a mag-lite…start to paint with light in the darkness