And a slightly less liminal version.
Robert Morris Earthwork (Johnson Pit #30), SeaTac, WA, USA. 18 April 2026. Polaroid I-2 with linear polarizer and I-type film. #roidweek2026 #roidweek #polaroidweek2026 #polaroidweek #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #butdontshootbernice

Liminal spaces, anyone?
Robert Morris Earthwork (Johnson Pit #30), SeaTac, WA, USA. 18 April 2026. Polaroid I-2 with linear polarizer and I-type film. #roidweek2026 #roidweek #polaroidweek2026 #polaroidweek #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #butdontshootbernice

Fix Your Hearts Or Die

Communities are made up of all kinds. Some potential community members want their community members to all be just like them. Community doesn’t work that way, and trying to ensure that your community fits your prejudices leads down an evil path. Rather than go that way, you need to look deep and fix your heart, and if you do, there’s a place for you in the community too.

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Community

So you take all the variety of singles and couples out there in all their glorious permutations and put them in one place and you get a community, where people work together on the things that matter and, in the words of one politician, mind their own damned business about the things that don’t.

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After the flood, Snohomish, WA, USA. Spring 2026. Polaroid I-2 with linear polarizer and I-type film. #roidweek2026 #roidweek #polaroidweek2026 #polaroidweek

Same Shape Mixed Shade Couples

Of course, couples come in all permutations. It’s all good.

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And this former hospital was once Amazon headquarters.

Seattle, WA, USA. Spring 2026. Polaroid I-2 with linear polarizer and I-type film. #roidweek2026 #roidweek #polaroidweek2026 #polaroidweek #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #butdontshootbernice

I tried a self-assignment. It didn't get too far, but the theme was exclusionism. So I thought I'd include a couple of local companies who went from small and idealistic to large and exclusionary.

This building once contained, in its entirety, a start-up company called Microsoft.

Bellevue, WA, USA. 18 April 2026. Polaroid I-2 with linear polarizer and I-type film. #roidweek2026 #roidweek #polaroidweek2026 #polaroidweek #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #butdontshootbernice