Polaroid is back!
When I found out that Polaroid factory was closed for good in 2008, I had been depressed for months. The entire concept of instant photos is amazing and so appealing to me – 5 seconds and the photo is ready! Ok, you would say that with today’s super small digital cameras and compatible printers there shouldn’t be people who regret the fermeture of Polaroid. So, until this morning I thought that I was the only person in the world who dreamed about reinvention or possible rebirth of instant photography, oh better say, a device that will do both: take a picture and print it. To my grandiose surprise I have learned this morning that ex-workers at Polaroid finally decided to buy over all the equipment at the old factories and get back Polaroid on the market by 2010! They call it THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT -what a great idea!
Another good news is that while we are waiting for 2010 to arrive, THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT collaborate with Urban Outfitters to retail over 700 Polaroid kits coming from the sold factory stocks. Every kit is numerated by hand and consists of a vintage Polaroid camera (One600 Classic model) amd one refill paper. You can purchase it at Urban Outfitters selected stores on August 21st and in all the rest of the stores on August 28th across Canada and USA.
This is fantastic news. I’m in love with polaroid cameras. Too bad I don’t live in the US for the kit. Are they manufacturing old film for the old cameras? I’d love to use an old camera. But there is also the new alternative the Polaroid 300, which is exciting.
Here’s the link if you hadn’t seen the camera:
http://www.polaroid.com/product/0/353900/PIC-300/_/300_Instant_Camera
Great post!
♥ Sheray.
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