Michael Matthew Woodlee's Polaroid Exploration

Artist: Michael Matthew Woodlee Medium: Photography, SX-70 Polaroid This photograph was made at a lake outside of Phoenix. When summer arrives, I try to leave to explore the lakes we have here, as I did when I was a kid. I was born in Phoenix in 1984 and have lived here...

By Claire Lawton

September 29, 2011

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Artist: Michael Matthew Woodlee

Medium: Photography, SX-70 Polaroid

This photograph was made at a lake outside of Phoenix. When summer arrives, I try to leave to explore the lakes we have here, as I did when I was a kid.

I was born in Phoenix in 1984 and have lived here ever since. Living here has allowed me to see and explore the city and its surrounding areas. I seek to explore and find new adventures.

The countdown to Best of Phoenix is over! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we collected 100 creative representations of Phoenix. Check out the full edition of Best of Phoenix here and our interactive, multimedia version of the Phoenix underground here.

Imagine PHX:

100: Steven Revering's Westward Ho
99: Jon Ashcroft's Suspended in Geography

98: William LeGoullon's Table

97. Jason Hill's Phoenix Financial Center

96. Kyle DeWitt's Tempe Center for the Arts

95: Allison Elliott's Walls of Downtown Phoenix

94. Fausto Fernandez's Grid City

93. Chikara Kakizawa's Ship Out of Water
92: Dayvid LeMmon's Process / Gentrification

91. Irma Sanchez's Phoenix Rising
90. Eduardo Rivera's De Colores

89. Arnold Guerrero's Camelback Mountain
88. Sean Deckert's Ginae vs. the 12th Street Gang
87. Pete Petrisko's Admiral of Phoenix
86. Quincy Ross' Lone Skyscraper
85. Andrew Armstrong's Illustrated Cityscape
84. Thomas Schultz's Phoenix Artifact
83. Adrian Lesoing's N. Evergreen
82. Suzanne Falk's Kon Tiki Hotel
81. Lindz Lew's Bon Voyeur
80. Kevin Patterson's Phoenix Swamp Beast
79. Ramy Sidarous' Three Windows
78. Will Mejia's Orpheum Theatre
77. Steve Weiss' Portrait of Louis Lee
76. Larry Willis' Apparition on East McDowell
75. Claire Warden's Untitled No. 3
74. Randy Zucker's Dancing Saguaro
73. Robert Brandan Martinez's Medical Cannabis Tax Stamp
72. Edward Jensen's Phoenix Financial Center

71. Andrew Knochel's View from PURL

70. Mark Dudlik's Phoenix Rebound

69. C.J. Dyer's Bird's Eye View

68. Virginia Martinez's Airport Scene

67. Carrie Marill's "It's a Cowboy State"

66. Eric Iwersen's The Saguaros Have Been Here the Longest

65. Danielle D'Aleo's 602far

64. Jesa Townsend's Stars of Flowers

63. Andrew Pielage's Sandra Day O'Connor Courthouse

62. Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek's Arc of Departure
61. A Military Parade in Phoenix (c. 1888)

60. Charles Anthony Darr's Phoenix Haboob

59. Lisa Marie Sipe's Sweeping Succulent
58. Brad Armstrong's Phoenix Carnival
57. B. Spiderman's "... And I Never Did Get That Pony Either"
56. Colton Brock's 810 N. 4th St.
55. Melanie and Michelle Craven's Twin Cactus
54. 407 E Roosevelt St.
53. Betty Schlueter's "The Sonoran"
52. Saskia Jorda's "You are Here - Part I: Migration"
51. Tempe's Mill Avenue (c. 1930)
50. Michael and Kemper Goodwin's City Hall
49. Cornelius Keyes' Dust Storm Over Phoenix
48. Melissa McGurgan's Home Suite Home: PHX
47. Fred Tieken's Western Civilization

46. Andy Brooks and Danny Stoeller's I CACTUS PHX
45. Brian Brook's Phoenix Arm
44. Kristin Heggli's Downtown Architecture

43. Jill Johnson's Downtown Is ...

42. Peter Bugg and William LeGoullon's Embedded
41. Downtown's Hotel San Carlos (c. 1940)

40. Rembrandt Quiballo's Cinematic Panorama

39. Sebastien Millon's "Phoenix. It's Fabulous."

38. Howdy from Phoenix

37. beth tom's "we live here"

36. Merz Studio's Professional Building

35. Evan Wyloge's View from 44 Monroe

34. Harry Herz's Hole in Rock

33. Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers' The Valley of the Sun
32. Laura Spalding Best's "Tarnish No. 1"

31. Jac T Bowen's Ferdinand the Bull and The Court of Flowers in Christown Spectrum Mall

30. John Scott Goodson's Civic Space Park

29. Street Map of Phoenix (c. 1932)

28. Rose Johnson's Prayer of St. Francis

27. Eric Cox's Superstition

26. Aaron Forjan's Tone-Mapped Guadalupe

25. Peter Martori's Walking Central 4001

24. Greg Esser and Christina Felix's DIY Arts District

23. Vintage Orange Trees of Mesa
22. Stacey Champion's Between Here and There

21. Leslie-Jean Thornton's Garden Grow
20. Royal Lescher and Leslie Mahoney's Downtown Hanny's

19. Francisco Garcia's Dream Act

18. Monica Robles' New Windsor Hotel

17. Joe Jankovsky's St. Mary's Elementary School Auditorium

16. Main Street, Mesa (c. 1908)

15. Sam Gomez's SKYPHOENIX

14. Allison Crouse's Salt River

13. Downtown's Caravan Inn

12. A Phoenix Color Mural

11. Steve Dreiseszun's The Heart of Phoenix?

10. J.R. Williams' Desert Discovery

9. The Phoenix Arrow
8. R.C. Proctor's Downtown Phoenix
7. Camelback Mountain

6. El Mac's Phoenix Goddess

5. Fitzhugh & Byron's Welnick Arcade Grocery

4. Jen Urso's "i am so attached to my place that my place has become attached to me"

3. Bird Ave's Phoenix Skyline

2. Downtown's Hotel Adams (c. 1940)

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