Le Havre

“Taking pictures is like fishing or writing. It’s getting out of the unknown that which resists and refuses to come to light.” – Jean Gaumy





Jean Gaumy : “polaroids” series

polaroid pinhole negative 4x5 (of Times Square NYC)
by Arunas Kulikauskas (aka akulis2)

Polaroid 195, ID-UV, Black Canyon City, AZ

By moominsean

Nuclear

By Sara Cwynar

The Impossible is now Possible

The Impossible Project launches new Polaroid film. From March 25 2010 they will begin shipping their new monochrome instant film to Polaroid lovers. Initially two versions of the film will be avaliable: PX100 for the SX-70 and PX600 for Polaroid One series of cameras, with two color films projected to be available in the summer.



British Journal of Photography - Impossible relaunches Polaroid's instant films
The Impossible Collection

neptune

neptune, originally uploaded by sx70manipulator

How Soon Was Now?

by BARRY SCHWABSKY
December 22, 2009

"Why can't I see them now?" is the daughter's question that's said to have inspired Edwin Land to devise the instant camera eventually produced by his Polaroid Corporation. The camera was announced in 1947 and hit the market in 1948. Sixty years later the company stopped production of its film-based cameras and then of its self-developing film. The last Polaroid film expired on October 9. Today someone's grandmother might be wondering, "Why can't I see them anymore?"

Read the full article here »

The World is a Terrible Place Without Polaroid

I've been a big fan of moominsean's images on Flickr for a while now - I think I've probably added all 1095 of his Polaroid set to my faves!:





Save Polaroid
Production of analog Instant Film stopped in June 2008, with the closure of the factories in Mexico (Instant Packfilm production) and the Netherlands (Instant Integral production). The Impossible Project aims to re-start production of analog instant (integral) film for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010 - although there are a number of challenges to overcome (hence the name).

Goodbye Polaroid

So long and thanks for the memories.
www.savepolaroid.com

Boundry of the Observable Universe

Beyond the figures that you can actually see, how many more are there that you can’t see?





Antony Gormley sculptures on the roof of the South Bank Centre (Royal Festival Hall)... part of Event Horizon.

Jayroid

Was playing around (on a Friday afternoon, as you do) with an idea...