Posts by: bonanos
On this date in 1947, Edwin Land showed the world his invention.
It was at the dinner session of a meeting of the Optical Society of America at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. The event itself almost didn’t happen because of a huge snowstorm […]
This Polaroid photo was taken a sixth of a second after a rifle bullet ended John F. Kennedy’s life. Apart from Abraham Zapruder’s movie, it’s the best photographic evidence from the scene in Dealey Plaza.
On November 22, 1963, Mary Moorman was standing at the edge of the grassy knoll, near the curb, with […]
In the early fifties, Polaroid owners received (or could subscribe to?) a little instructional magazine called Minute Man. (Click any scan to enlarge.)
The name reminds me of two things: (a) Polaroid’s New England roots, which occasionally made themselves noticed in things like publicity photos of dockside or snowy scenes, and (b) […]
Not exactly an instant-photography story, but of interest anyway: An Amherst College grad student has conducted a brief interterm class teaching students to use a Speed Graphic, shooting old-style 4×5 sheet film. (My wife, Ellen, an Amherst graduate, spotted this in her alumni bulletin.) Photos and post about it here, and video here:
[…]
The very last batches of Polaroid instant film passed their expiration date in late 2009, and even if you’ve kept some in the fridge, it has begun to go sour. As instant film gets old, it first shifts in color, generally toward a pinkish-yellow, then to brown; then it starts to get erratic, failing […]
The actor Adam Goldberg—probably best known for playing a cranky composer in (Untitled), though he’s also in Saving Private Ryan and the memorable The Hebrew Hammer, and directed I Love Your Work—is a serious photographer as well. He photoblogs, too, posting regularly here, and he shoots lots of Polaroid and Impossible film. A lot […]
LEGALITIES
This site is not connected with or endorsed by Polaroid or PLR IP Holdings, owners of the Polaroid trademark.BUY THE BOOK
Available in many bookstores, online and off-. Click the photo to order from my local, the Strand Book Store.
BUY THE OTHER BOOK
WATCH THE TRAILER
On Vimeo: click the image to view.
ON TWITTER
My TweetsBlogroll
- 'Insisting on the Impossible'
- Everything Reminds Me of You
- Flickr's Polaroid group
- Instant Options
- LandCameras.com
- Paul Giambarba: Analog Photography At Its Best
- Paul Giambarba: The Branding of Polaroid
- Polaroid
- Polaroid SF
- Rare Medium
- The Impossible Project
- The Land List
- The New55 Project
- Vintage Instant
