Posts by: bonanos

Instant Artifact: Type 41

By On 10 January 2012 · 6 Comments

Each week here, I’ll be posting photos of, and discussing, a Polaroid product from way-back-when. Many, but not all, will be coming from the deep recesses of a storage closet in my apartment. (Yes, I have a very tolerant wife.)

Today’s artifact is a fun one: A case of Polaroid roll film, unopened. “Use by […]

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“Can you still get film for that thing?”

By On 10 January 2012 · 9 Comments

I carry a Polaroid camera with me most days, and this is, hands-down, everyone’s favorite conversation-starter. The short answer is… it depends.

Briefly: Over the decades, Polaroid used nine* principal film formats, and although the company no longer makes any film, other manufacturers have picked up production for three of those. Fortunately, they are the ones […]

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Welcome!

By On 4 January 2012 · 1 Comment

Hello! This site is (as you have no doubt figured out) a companion to INSTANT: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF POLAROID, which will be published by Princeton Architectural Press in the fall of 2012. I’m hoping the site will go beyond simply publicizing the book, becoming a gathering place for information about Polaroid photography past, present, […]

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