Story: REQUIEM FOR A MUSE

[bmattock]

Cute little story about one man's last fling with Polaroid:

http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2010/01/10/life/local/doc4b469194abb9e673809777.txt

This past spring, I pushed back. I committed myself to give Polaroid my own sort of send-off; a requiem, if you will. I dusted off the old Polaroid 600 SE press camera that had been relegated to the supply closet shelf here in The Chieftain photo department. I bought two used Polaroid cameras: the folding SX-70 Alpha 1 (arguably the most beautiful camera ever made) and a Macro 5-1200 SLR (perhaps the ugliest camera ever made). My colleague Bryan Kelsen gave me a 40-year-old Automatic 330 pack camera to round out my arsenal. The combined age of all five cameras: roughly 112 years old.

 

[Ljós]

A new take at "forgiving film"

A new take at "forgiving film"

Thanks for bringing this up! I also loved this part of the story:

Asked if the film was very forgiving in terms of exposure, he offered this sage advice: "You'll need to be more forgiving of the film." Truer words were never spoken. Quirkiness abounds in all of Polaroid's now fully expired film stock.

 

[photony texas]

I've been in love with pOlarOids unique strangeness for many years. It lends itself to un-controlled creativity like no other film/process. The surprises are what make this film so much fun to shoot... Sadly the sheet film will probably never be made again. Pack film and integral film will be re-introduced by The Impossible Project. Fuji's instant is just not the same, it is just so so so perfect...
If your brave take a look at some (probably strange for most here) of over 200 polaroids I have had the delight in taking. Click on pOlarOid upper left corner.

http://people.polanoid.net/phOtOny-teXas