The Design District
Time to Stock Up on Polaroids
The Boston Globe reports that Polaroid is shutting down two of their facilities and it sounds like they’re completely phasing out film. (I suppose the time has come.) My advice: Stock up on Polaroid instant film if you still love taking those old-school photos. It was a fine run, Polaroid …
By Rachel Benjamin on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 03:49PM PST
did you ever get into making polaroid art? i had friends who would take photos and then while it was developing, “draw” on the film so it would distort and leave marks.
what to do with my polaroid camera, now? RIP instant film photos!
By Rachel DeSchepper on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 12:26PM PST
I’d forgotten about that. I just love the moodiness Polaroids can evoke. But, another great option is lomography . Ever done that? Lomo cameras are fairly cheap, take grainy, low-tech photos, and you can experiment with multiple frames in one photo and other fun tricks.
They photos just aren’t instant.