According to Telegraph, Polaroid will be releasing the instant film camera again, starting next year. Polaroid won't just produce a film camera though, there's also news of a digital one that will be released along side it as well. The film will be produced by another company however, called The Impossible Project.
I, for one, am very excited about this development (pun intended!). The younger generation will now understand what it means to shake it like a Polaroid picture; they'll also understand what that weird contraption that the guy from Memento has that produces pictures on paper.
There's a certain type of charm that comes from polaroid shots and some photographers used it to great lengths, one of them being Walker Evans.
He provided this interesting peek into America, focusing on mundane things that no one would, and bringing them to life, framing them in these odd square shaped photos. There was this fantastic idea of run and gun with him, where he always seemed to be on the go, traveling across the country, to get at what America is and seeing how different it was compared to the global cultural landscape around him.
That, and the dude looked mad pimp.
The whole process of Polaroids are like Christmas Eve, where you wait to see what happens. Either you're going to be super psyched or totally bummed out. Then it happens and this tangible piece of paper stares you back in the face and reveals a story, piece by piece.
For those arguing on the side of digital cameras that immediately show you the picture, there's no charm to it. It can be deleted, edited, whatever. But polaroids stick out and are done. It almost makes it so that you have to really pay attention to what you're taking a picture of.
fuck Polaroid that shit was out dated the day the first digital camera came out there is zero purpose for it. that last picture doesn't event fit its retarded ass square format.... cause squares look like shit and no one wants all there photos square and 3 inches being
ReplyDeletedo people even have paper format pictures around anymore. if so then why have a digital picture frame
I would argue that square formats are unique, given that everything has a rectangular shape. It provides a different point of view, and causes a particular technique of framing that other cameras don't naturally do.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I hate digital frames because there's no real way to calibrate them, they have cheesy transitions, and they cover up another outlet. Also, as far as digital goes, I've had 3 external hard drives fail on me with pictures on them. I can never get them back (unless I pay some guy $1500 for data recovery). A photo will never randomly destroy itself. It may fade over time, but I don't have to worry about archiving (especially if I have negatives).
Also, when someone is trying to forget someone in a movie, deleting pictures isn't as cool as burning a bunch of photos at night in a metal garbage can as the fires eat away at the chemicals, warping them at the same time.