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Polaroid Type 55 is back! (update: NOT)

By: newberry
22-04-2010
news

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The Impossible Project is releasing its version of the beloved Polaroid Type 55 film.

Thanks to Zane Davis for pointing out that Polaroid Type 55 is not in fact “back” as I hastily and incorrectly posted. The Impossible Project has created new instant films, but the Type 55 that they’re selling–for $223.00–is the original Polaroid film leftover from when it was still available. Keep those comments coming in! Zane, the head of the fact-checking department at Picturedujour has “resigned” to “spend more time with his family.”

New “Polaroid” film from the Impossible Project

By: newberry
22-03-2010
news

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Photo courtesy and © The Impossible Project

New Instant films from the Impossible Project were introduced today, and will be available for purchase Thursday, March 25th. From their press release:

Concept:Impossible‘s new PX Instant Films are dedicated to all the people who feel a similar passion for the magic of analog Instant Photography as we do. Carefully manufactured to slowly develop in the palm of the hand, PX Silver Shade Films are monochrome Instant Films that are designed for usage with traditional Polaroid cameras.

This brandnew Instant Film material subtly combines all the important characteristics of the traditional analog Instant Film (appearance, format, temperature sensitivity, manipulability) with the unique, new appearance of silver based, monochrome shades.

Supported by Ilford Photo, UK (Harman Technology Limited), The Impossible Project is excited to present this new artistic material, which produces originals of outstanding, unique and never before seen characteristics, pushing analog Instant Photography beyond all traditional limits.

Availability: PX 100 and PX 600 Silver Shade Films will be available online at www.the-impossible-project.com in a limited, First Flush Edition from Thursday, March 25th onwards, and shortly thereafter at selected premium retail partners all over the world.

In summer 2010, Impossible plans to present its first PX Color Film. In total, Impossible aims to present 6 new Instant film formats throughout of 2010: in addition to the PX 100 and PX 600 Silver Shade, two PX Color Films (100 and 600 ASA) as well as a Silver Shade and a Color Version of the larger Integral Instant film format for usage in all Polaroid Image/Spectra/1200 cameras are planned.

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6,697 daily Polaroids

By: newberry
02-01-2010
personal work

I just discovered Jamie Livingston‘s stunning series of Polaroids (via Mental Floss). Beginning on March 31st, 1979, Livingston—a circus performer, photographer, and filmmaker—took a picture every day with his SX-70 Polaroid camera. His last picture was taken on October 25th, 1997, the day he died of cancer. All of the pictures (except for a few that are unaccounted for) can be viewed here.

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Polaroid shot 03-02-87 by Jamie Livingston

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Polaroid shot 08-15-87 by Jamie Livingston

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Polaroid shot 08-31-97 by Jamie Livingston

How to display Polaroid prints

By: newberry
24-11-2009
diy

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Recently I was looking for a way to display a few of the gazillion Polaroid prints I’ve amassed over the years. A Web search turned up a few good ideas (if you’ve ever wondered what the phrase “barrel distortion” refers to, click on that last link), but none of them quite did it for me, so I came up with the following, which works well:

  1. Get a piece of 1×2 inch pine, or simple rectangular moulding, at whatever length you want. You could cut short pieces that will hold one or two prints, or get a 12 footer to hang on the wall and hold quite a few.
  2. If you like, sand and paint the wood.
  3. Affix mounting strips to the 1×2 (I used Lineco See-Thru Archival Mounting Strips). Apply them with the adhesive strip flush to the bottom of the wood, and the clear protruding part on top. Butt the strips against each other so there’s no gap between them; that way you’ll be able to arrange the prints anywhere you want them.
  4. Cover the ugly off-white part of the strips with one long piece of ribbon. I painted the wood black and used black ribbon, simply stapling the ribbon to each end of the wood. You could also use thumbtacks or glue to attach the ribbon.
  5. You can mount this to a wall, or place on a table or mantle.

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NYT on the wonder of Polaroids

By: newberry
28-12-2008
gear

In today’s New York Times, culture critic Michael Kimmelman writes about the beauty and mystique of Polaroid pictures. The article features a slideshow of Polaroid specimens from Found Magazine–pictures that must have been casual snapshots, but with a certain depth and dreamlike quality that’s unique to Polaroids.

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From Found Magazine, via New York Times. Photographer unknown.

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