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How It Began

Kevin, February 28, 2024February 28, 2024

A little background on how I got interested in Polaroid film.

Kevin O’Donnell is an architect and amateur photographer who spends equal time, when not traveling, in Los Angeles and New York City. Since 1990, his preferred photographic medium has been Polaroid film shot with both vintage and new cameras. His subjects are focused on where his interest of architecture, layered space, graphic design, color, pattern, texture, and Pop Art all blend. As half of the design collaborative Form:uLA Dimension Lab his hand drawings and physical 3D models are in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern art and in private collections. In 2024, his photos will be part of group shows in Brooklyn and San Francisco in the U.S., and Bonn Germany, Paris and Arles France, and Bologna Italy in Europe. Earlier this year he completed a project for Polaroid exploring color specific subjects as part of their collaboration with Pantone for the limited edition 2024 Color of the Year film. The retail design firm he founded in 2009, Thread Collaborative, is an award winning studio with projects throughout North America, in Southeast Asia, and in the United Kingdom.