Creator Database [Logan Paul] I Took 4,120 Polaroids In 99 Days
Logan Paul 00:00:01 - 00:00:14
Something about authenticity. Trying to capture the most amazing moments on Polaroid camera. That this is real. Life isn't short. You just gotta do more. Woah. Hi. My name is Logan Paul.
Logan Paul 00:00:14 - 00:00:49
Last year, between boxing, professional wrestling, and launching a variety of different businesses, I was able to pursue a passion project of mine. I picked up a Polaroid camera and traveled 84,000 miles around the world in 99 days and took over 4,000 Polaroids. At the end of the journey, I hand selected 99 of the best final images to mint as NFTs where the buyer also gets the physical Polaroid. Okay. But look, the project is nearly done. We have auctioned 98 photos, and there's one left, number 99. This project has been incredible. The community that we've built and the people who have been following us on this journey on Discord is also incredible.
Logan Paul 00:00:49 - 00:01:28
About 50,000 people brought together by the same interest in art, virality, stories, community, and tech. I'm so pleased with how this project has been received, and I am so proud that this is just the first installation, and I cannot wait to continue doing more originals. But those 99 days were life changing for me. Beyond transformative, I got to live some of the coolest experiences of my life, meet some of the most epic people ever, and document it and capture it all on camera. So sit back, relax, get some popcorn, and enjoy because these are some of those stories. I kidnapped my brother's dog for this photograph. His name is Thor. I love this little golden retriever.
Logan Paul 00:01:28 - 00:01:52
I think he's a little special, but that's what I love about him. And he resembles the dog from my favorite animated film of all time, Up. Squirrel. So we put a bunch of balloons on him, and we took a bunch of photos, but to be honest, none of them turned out too great. It was way too windy. And to be honest, Thor ended up slipping out of his collar, and the giant balloon shack slipped off into the distance. Don't worry. We recovered them, and so we tried again.
Logan Paul 00:01:52 - 00:02:25
I decided I just wanted a close-up of Thor's cute face, and I got it. Hung hanging out, balloons in the background. And when you say to someone, it smells like Updawg in here, they say, what's Updawg? And then you say, not much. How you doing? Anyways, this is Updog. I love mythology. Dragons, fairies, mermaids. And we had a custom mermaid tail made for, like, like, $3,000, and we put the mermaid tail on her. She basically couldn't move, so me and George had to, like, drag her around.
Logan Paul 00:02:27 - 00:02:50
The the angle on this photo was tough. I would had to stand on this ladder, and the ladder would be, like, sinking into the sand as the water would wash up. And we tried this photo a bunch of times. It actually took us 2 different tries to shoot. I had to fly Tricia back out to Puerto Rico because I didn't like what happened in the first round. The sun, the waves, the reflection on the sand, I didn't like the original takes. Sometimes, I'm a little dark with my work. I like the ability to interpret chaos, and you see all And you see all these videos online.
Logan Paul 00:02:50 - 00:03:42
Oh, mermaid found washed on shore. And so we put Trisha face down kind of with her arms spread in what looks like a pretty desolate situation. And perhaps, who knows, this was the last living mermaid on earth. We killed a mermaid for this project. I took a lot of inspiration from this project just by living based on what I was doing or experiencing in my life, And one day, I came across Pablo Picasso's light paintings. I thought they were super cool, and I found out you could replicate these with a Polaroid camera. It's a long exposure picture, so you have the ability to capture light if you open the lens for a certain amount of time. There's a ton of cool effects that you can do with this, including you take a steel wool and a kitchen whisk, and you stick the wool inside the whisk, light it on fire, and then swing it around with a dog leash.
Logan Paul 00:03:44 - 00:04:14
In long exposure, it creates this cool umbrella effect with all the flares. And we decided to go to the ocean. When we did the spin, it created a really cool reflection on the surface of the water. And then if you really look at the final photo that we ended up liking, the main flare that shot off the top created like a 9, and then it reflected on the bottom also a 9. 99 originally. So we're going to Cleveland. We're going back home today. About a knockout tire in Woodley this weekend.
Logan Paul 00:04:14 - 00:04:21
Wow. It's crazy. It hasn't changed a bit. They haven't changed one god dang thing. Dude, we are in Ohio. Ohio. Alright. He's out of estimate.
Logan Paul 00:04:21 - 00:04:31
Fuck out of me. If I can take a Polaroid and get in a Polaroid. My brother's on the cusp of starting the rest of his life, of really beginning his legacy.
Logan Paul 00:04:32 - 00:04:32
You know, we brought it
Logan Paul 00:04:32 - 00:04:37
to Cleveland. This is the first step of many. Cleveland showed up. This is one of the best cities on the planet.
Logan Paul 00:04:38 - 00:04:41
For Jake, in the ring, what does he need to do to be successful?