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Monday, June 13

A Short Walk to Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Pittsburgh has some great old homes with lots of character.

"Now Playing" right in your backyard.

Ivy covered yard.

Beautiful house. Great sky.


New growth on old tree.

Digital Scans from 35 mm color film (ASA 200)

We visited Pittsburgh a few weeks ago for the f295 Symposium. It was a great time and Becky and I got to meet all of our web and social media friends--people we've known for a couple of years now but some we've never met.

These images were shot with my Mini Diana on our short walk from the hotel to Pittsburgh Filmmakers. It's a great art center for Pittsburgh and well done too. It was the location where all the workshops were held.

The Mini Diana never fails to disappoint me. These are simple one-hour scans and toned in Aperture.

See more and a writeup on the f295 Symposium

conference on our Boxfotos site.

Saturday, April 30

Our new site is LIVE ... Boxfotos

If you haven't already found our NEW Boxfotos site, please take the opportunity to check it out. We would appreciate you "following" Boxfotos as well. I just posted a new article, "Conversation with Corey Hengen." Let me know what you think!

Matt

Monday, March 14

A Day at the Strawberry Festival

All images (c) Matt Larson, 2011

Mini Diana
1 Hour Process Digital Scans

Sunday, January 23

Original B/W Silver Print Offering by HolgaDirect & ToyCameraPlay

Quote: Matt Larson (a.k.a Toy Camera Play)

HolgaDirect

Tweet about this article (on HolgaDirect site) for a chance to win an Exclusive Matt Larson Fine Art Print, ‘Peaceful’ valued at USD 500 !

NOTE: Must be Tweeted from HolgaDirect page.

Monday, November 29

Thanks for your Support!

Backyard pano - the weather was PERFECT!

Works by Matt Larson, b/w silver prints and Polaroids

Works by Rebecca Sexton Larson

Art work was all throughout our studio home

View of flat file room looking into darkroom

Guests enjoyed the Patrons Lounge - big screen to watch the big game

B/W silver prints by Matt Larson - Holga works

View of backyard deck

Hallway looking into library

Tintypes on wall cubes by Rebecca Sexton Larson

Polaroids by Matt Larson & book signing

Dining room entry with table offering small works

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Monday, September 27

Art-O-Mat Project

Just wrapped up another 50 blocks and dropped them in the mail today. A few weeks ago, I heard from Tina Agullar, a writer in Dallas who purchased one of my blocks. She ended up doing a nice interview with me for an online site called ArtAndSeek.org. Very flattering and I feel lucky to get that kind of exposure from this fun project. I thought it would be a great way to promote the blog here and it's been just that.

Art-O-Mat Piece from ToyCameraPlay, (c) Matt Larson, 2010

I really enjoy hearing from all the Art-O-Mat collectors. On my insert that comes with each one of my pieces, I put a mention for folks to let me know where they've purchased their piece. I'm amazed at the number of folks that I've heard from via email. Last week I heard from yet another collector who writes,

"I'm attaching some photos of the whole experience. I actually chose the Random Fun option and was pleasantly suprised. Thanks from Dallas, TX." --Margaret Barajas

Attached to the email was six photos that showed the whole experience from the first look at the Art-O-Mat machine to her purchase of one of my iPhone images taken at Bok Tower & Gardens in Polk County. Thought I would share her email with you guys ...

Photo #1 from Margaret

Photo #6 from Margaret
Courtesy of Margaret Barajas

To all of you that have made a purchase from the Art-O-Mat machines ... thanks so much for sending the emails and becoming fans and collectors! And oh, keep the emails coming ... always good to hear from you!

Monday, April 5

Art-O-Mat Sales

I'm really enjoying my Art-O-Mat experience and this past week received my first check!

I've also been receiving emails from customers (now friends) letting me know where they purchased my work shot from all my various cameras. It's fun, if you're not promoting your work through Art-0-Mat, you might be missing an opportunity to promote your blog or website. Check them out, Art-O-Mat, they're a great group to work with and extremely professional.

Matt Larson, Holga Images on blocks

Printed on Polaroid Zink Printer

Activity Report showing sales

My activity report above shows I've sold at the following locations:
COCA, St. Louis, MO
Miami Universities, Miami, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Tennessee Performing Arts, TN
MOCA, LA, CA
Art-O-Carton (collector set), NC

So, if any of these locations are near you, pick one up for just $5 and start your own collection. Don't forget to shoot me an email if you get one of mine.

Thank you for all of you who have purchased and let me know! Much appreciated.

Wednesday, January 27

Curtis Hixon Park, Tampa

The ribbon waits.

New Curtis Hixon Park

Looking west toward the Tampa Museum of Art

Detail of the new Tampa Museum of Art

Opening to the public on Feb. 6, 2010

Glazer Children's Museum Opening Oct. 2010

All images (c) Matt Larson, 2010

Mini Diana Toy Camera

Monday, January 18

Please welcome ... toycameraplay.com

http://toycameraplay.com

Saturday, December 26

Portrait of Jet

The other day, Jet and I went for a ride and she was nice enough to pose for me. This was shot with a Mini Diana using 100 speed print film. (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Tuesday, November 24

New Work, New Toy Camera (Mini Diana)

While in Charleston this past weekend, I somehow ended up at Urban Outfitters (go figure) and stumbled upon the Mini Diana. So I bought it and three rolls of film. We had really cloudy weather, light rain all weekend so I had to buy ASA 800 color print film. What a fun little guy!

I think I'm back to film finally! This little jewel is now my favorite camera and I won't be anywhere with one! If you don't have one. Buy it.

Below are some selected pics I couldn't wait to share. I hope you like them as much as I do ... let me know what you think. These are toned scans off the one-hour processing disc--a few of them, soon to be prints for sale. Stay tuned on that!