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NB says goodbye to Polaroid
Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 22 January 2010, 15:49 Permalink Comments (14)

In 2009, the last batches of instant photographic film produced by Polaroid reached their expiry date. NB Studio has marked its passing with a rather nice memento
NB asked four photographers to explore what they feel nostalgia for, what things they appreciate in the present and what things they might miss in the future.

The result is This year... a beautifully produced folder housing a Polaroid print (one of a limited edition of 150) mounted onto 350gsm Colorplan and presented to the studio's collaborators, friends and clients.

The photographers involved were Linda Brownlee, who "took the Polaroid camera everywhere with me for three weeks, and spent the time savouring the good stuff"

John Ross, who is nostalgic for 70s porn apparently
Jane Stockdale who "photographed priceless one-off things we treasure - from the Elgin marbles to a classic signed ‘I LOVE NY’ poster by Milton Glaser"

and Matt Stuart who "wanted to capture the human errors and foibles of everyday life, and Polaroid is the perfect medium to do that with"

More details here
14 Comments
love it!
i think they are beautiful what a great idea
hannah
2010-01-22 16:33:02
Beautiful!
2010-01-22 16:37:25
really nice, though that new Polaroid PoGo(http://ow.ly/ZpuP ) thing is amazing, and follows in the same style of immediacy over quality
2010-01-22 17:07:33
beautiful project but polaroid film is coming back this year via The Impossible Project:
http://www.theimpossibleproject.com/2009
2010-01-22 17:37:42
Polaroid is already back! They just released a camera at ces called the PIC1000, it takes polaroid 600 film.
Didnt the person who made this article read up on this? :S
2010-01-22 22:28:24
And even if Polaroid didn't come back, Fuji jumped in with its spiritual successor - the Instax.
2010-01-23 22:28:32
@ Chis
The PIC1000 still has to take 600 film, which is in limited (and expired) supply since Polaroid stopped producing it.
The Impossible Project (and things like Lomography) owe their existence to nostalgia, which is what NB's project seems to be about.
Really beautiful, especially Linda's.
2010-01-24 12:03:28
I'm a nostalgic orphan of Polaroid, still remembering and dreaming of the old Polapan slide film, of the sx 70 manipulation or the print I could get from the old 340 from my father. It hjas been a joy for me to see this homage made by the NB Studio.
robert
2010-01-24 21:25:59
RIP Polaroid.
http://www.polaroidoftheday.com/
2010-01-25 12:35:28
good stuff JANE - edinburger loves U
2010-01-25 13:58:54
Great idea. I'm also a huge fan! See the Polaroids section at http://www.chrishollandfoto.com
2010-01-26 14:18:03
very cool, even though I don't have a good recorded memories with a Polaroid still appreciate a good work pull up from the notorious and classic polaroid.
Have a good lasting RIP
2010-01-26 17:58:31
Actually, it's official. Film will be brought back into production very soon.
2010-01-26 19:40:52
love it Beautiful!
2010-02-02 14:11:38
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