Showing posts with label Tom Bianchi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Bianchi. Show all posts
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Tom Bianchi

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I couldn't do this series without something from Ted Bianchi's Fire Island Pines work.  
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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Tom Bianchi Polaroids III

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Today will be my third series of the Fire Island Polaroids (with one possible exception) done  by Tom Bianchi.  These images chronicle the t...
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Lynes influence?

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Is this influenced by George Platt Lynes, or was the model too shy to show his face? I suppose Tom Bianchi might just have been experimentin...
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Wow!

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Even if we didn't know this was done with a quirky Polaroid camera,  we'd have to call it remarkable.  The shading, light, and the p...
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After a time, Tom Bianchi moved from Polaroids to conventional film, and this  may be an example of the latter.  The online auction house of...
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Crowd scene

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Those of us of a certain age will remember scenes such as this. A lost time, and so many lost lives.  
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On the Horizon

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I left the original caption on this photo and one other in todays series because it adds provenance.   Also, this one is symbolic of the cat...
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Couple with camera

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The orange tones and setting of this one make me think of Playgirl, but of course the sharpness element doesn't quite get us to that lev...
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Flamingos

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Perhaps Tom Bianchi only had black and white film available with this photo of a man and some flamingos was made.  I can't imagine him w...

Splinter

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Our last Tom Bianchi polaroid is simply called "Splinter."  
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Tom Bianchi's Fire Island Pines Polaroids

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Those of us of a certain age remember the period of 1975-1983 as an era when gay men began to culturally assert themselves and become an ope...
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Sunbather

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This guy in a turquoise speedo is getting some rays.  
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Odd embrace

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The cropping here appears to be more artistic than an effort to conceal someone's identity.  
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Clone?

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It took me a moment to notice that the subject of this photo is sitting against a mirror. He has a quintessential mid-70s look that some cal...
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Window light

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I'm wondering if the guy in this shot got caught napping.  
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Drying off

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Even though a lot of the subject of this photo is covered up, Bianchi somehow managed to capture a very sexy image.  
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Keeping fit

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Staying in shape was an obsession with some of the Fire Island crowd, but a lot of them hadn't reached the age when they needed to worry...
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TV

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I wonder what was on TV . . . or if he cared.  

Amazing

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The fact that Tom Bianchi achieved this color, light,  and composition with a Polaroid camera just amazes me.  
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"Keep well your memories. They're all that's left you." - - - Paul Simon

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I'm closing out the Fire Island Pines series with a photo that's playful and a bit serious at the  same time.  Before you move on an...
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