Don't Forget To Vote!!!

SCOTT HAMMOND: IN PLAIN SIGHT

The Instant artist Scott Hammond has just released a beautiful book of Polaroid photography, IN PLAIN SIGHT! To purchase a copy for your very own see the link below.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/319249

DEPATURES MAGAZINE

I will mail you a Polaroid of anything in New York City

Joe! We Heart him... he will send you a pretty polaroid of ANYTHING you want in NYC
http://haybale.org/

the instant, our polaroid show, featured on PAPER magazine

see here and here...
[more to come]

thank you to all who came!!!

polaroid photographs by xabier tudela, andrew de francesco, and louise ingalls sturges
....many more to come..
{also if you took any that night, please send them our way..i lost my digi that night---goes to show how polaroids are way more awesome than memory cards}

TONIGHT!!!

THE INSTANT opens at the firehouse!!!!!
we've been working on it since january and it looks fucking righteous.
tote bags are $10 and super awesome (help us pay for this show and the next one!!) and we picked up our show catalogs yesterday--have a look and see if you want to special order one..
$3-$5 donation for all night drinks..come look at sweet art and have some rooftop fun.
opening is from 7-9pm..the rest of the night will be music, drinking and further polaroid appreciation.
see you there.
xoxo

p.s. i highly recommend sharing a car..the train trip involves walking over a bridge.
p.p.s. see iheartpolaroid.com for directions and address

the instant press

daily candy:
sophistafunk:
NYMPHOTO:
texas firehouse:

the other iheartpolaroid blog:

muchos besos to all our supporters and helper fantastics. some we know, some we don't..can't wait to see y'all tomorrow!

besos.. so far

the talented prism master

grant worth dropped by today.
jammin' some sweet summer style. see more at besosyfotos.

kissing booth designer

francesca has lovely tattoo's and a fantastic submission to the wall'o'besos.

thank you!!
xL+K

press!!

see NYLON and savepolaroid.com for full write ups.
( grande besos turner!)

*last chance for kissing call*

by jacqueline booth dimilia

by shiori kawasaki

by louise ingalls sturges
put them in the mail within the next two days and you can be a part of THE INSTANT!! see iheartpolaroid.com for instructions!

ordered the invites today!!

get jazzed!
and spread the word.

outdated: polaroid show in chicago

click on flyer for details

the instant logo:

courtesy of senor gary.

confirmed for our show

instant daguerreotypes:










motion picturers:


please see our website for the press release and a full list of the artists.
xL+K

with unending thanks to the beautiful jenny for helping make our virtual dreams a reality!

FOR THE LOVE OF LIGHT

We like these girls and their book!
Check http://www.fortheloveoflight.com/ to purchase!

WE WANT YOUR KISSING POLAROIDS

kisskiss

We love them!

SAVE POLAROID CAMPAIGN:
http://www.savepolaroid.com/

On February 8, 2008, Polaroid Corporation announced that it will discontinue production of all instant film. This site will document the aftermath of this announcement and will serve as a home-base for the effort to convince another company to begin producing the cherished technology that Polaroid has so carelessly abandoned.

This site is not about saving Polaroid, the company, rather the remarkable invention of Edwin Land, the instant film that made Polaroid a household name.
What We’ve Done So Far

Since this announcement, we’ve been assembling articles, links, stories and planning out the best way to create a joint effort to save instant film. We’ve contacted Polaroid, Fuji and Ilford about licensing. We have more in the works and will update this site regularly.
What Can You Do?

1. Join the flickr group. Upload your photo and a description of what Polaroid film means to you.
2. Download the Action Pack. It contains pre-addresed postcards to send to Polaroid, Ilford and Fuji with information about why Polaroid should license manufacturing rights to other companies. It also has flyers and other media to distribute to camera shops, film labs or anywhere else.
3. Write to Ilford and Fuji (or any other potential manufacturer) yourself. Nothing will convince a company to produce something more than the knowledge that there is a large market for it. Here are their addresses.
4. Sign the petitions. There is a list of them in the sidebar of this site.
5. Digg this site. Or blog it. Or add it to any of the bookmarking or social networks out there. It all helps.
6. Contact us with other ideas. If you have an idea, a skill, connections or any other way to help this effort, let us know.

Deadlines for Instant Film : So get yours now!

Notification of Polaroid Instant Film Availability

Due to marketplace conditions, Polaroid has discontinued almost all of its instant analog hardware products. Polaroid has also made the difficult decision to cease manufacturing of instant film products in 2008

The following is the projected availability for Polaroid instant film products.
Product Projected Availability Until* Date of Expiration*
Integral Film:
600 Q1 09 Aug 09
600 Write-on Q4 08 May 09
Spectra/Image Q1 08 Aug 09
T990 Q1 08 May 09
Spectra Film Q1 08 May 09
T779 Q1 08 Jan 09

T100 Products
690 Single/Twin Q4 08 Sept 09
PC100 UV Twin Q4 08 Mar 09
T669 Twin Silk Q3 08 Mar 09
T611 Twin Q2 08 Feb 09
T672 – Twin Q4 08 Jun 09
T664 Twin10 Q4 08 Sept 09
Polapan Pro 100 – 10 bulk Q4 08 Jun 09
T667 Twin 10 frame Q4 08 Sept 09

4x5 Products
Sepia Q2 08 Jan 09
T51 Q1 08 Aug 09
T52 Q4 08 May 09
T53 Q3 08 Aug 09
T54 Q3 08 Sept 09
T55 Q4 08 Dec 08
T57 Q3 08 Mar 09
T59 Q1 08 Sept 08
T72 Q4 08 June 09
T79 Q3 08 Feb 09

8x10 Products
T809 Q3 08 Dec 08
T804 Q1 08 April 09
T803 Q4 08 Sept 09

Other Products that have been discontinued prior to 2008 include:
Commercial : T665, PC64, T661, Viva film and Type 80’s.
Integral: T500/Captiva, izone, Notepad and Time Zero.
Last updated 18-Feb-2008

Please know that we will continue to place notification stickers on all commercial films being discontinued. We will also continue to post updates on our website regarding the status of certain products.

We are committed to providing customer service for all of our products. Customers seeking further information should call customer service at 800-225-1618 or visit our website, www.polaroid.com.

We hope that you will continue to choose Polaroid products, as we take instant imaging into the digital platform with exciting new products being launched this year.

We appreciate your commitment to Polaroid products and apologize for any inconvenience that the discontinuation of certain Polaroid products may cause

*Projected Availability subject to change depending upon demand. Date of Expiration is based on the last date of manufacturing which varies by product. As the Projected Availability Date approaches, the closer we are to the Date of Expiration.

jordan greenhalgh is a genius

watch and be amazed.

space gallery presents:

opening tomorrow in portland, maine.
see here for details.

come to AMERIKA

opens tomorrow night 7pm-9pm at 174 bogart street, as part of bushwick open studios.

Dear Velo,

Curated by Katharine Barthelme and Brendt Barbur
Hosted by Partners & Spade
40 Great Jones Street near Bowery
MAY 29 - OPENING 6-9
RSVP ONLY FOR OPENING
rsvp@bicyclefilmfestival.com
Afterparty at LIT, 93 2nd Ave.
DJ Paul Sevigny, DJ Eric Foss

Open May 30 - June 2 12-7pm

PATRICK TREFZ
MADSAKI
BEN WILSON
PHIL FROST
BENEDICT RADCLIFFE
TOM SACHS
BLACK LABEL BIKE CLUB
MAX KNIGHT
AMY FRANCESCHINI
BRADLEY BAKER/ ZACH BLACKBURN/ AL ZUGER
LOUISE INGALLS STURGES
JOHN-TAKI THEODORACOPULOS
GRACE YUNG TING TENG
BENNY ZENGA
JOYRIDE IN THE BACK.

slice of slack

see more at mike slack's site

required reading

ok ok ok and scorpio. with photographs by mr. mike slack
published by j+L

found on mike slack's site

Recommended....

Highly.

Thank you Sean Cousins for the book recommendation. Kinda Amazing.

I want to be this lady....

Or maybe just have her camera.

Elsa Dorfman with her very own 20 x 24' goodness. Check out her website and her self published book-- Elsa's housebook: A woman's photojournal

http://elsa.photo.net/

sir scott hammond: the lovely road

see scott hammond's website for more polaroid pleasure.

Polaroids and Portraits Auction....

had the amazing 20 x 24 Polaroid camera set up in studio form. Posh couples were lined up with their champagne glasses. Mothers were cleaning their kids faces. And each time that camera pulled out a flawlessly exposed, signature rimmed instant image. It was beautiful. (And only $1000.00 a shot!)

call for entries

Dear L I B R O,

I hope that you'll submit a beautiful Polaroid to our print auction this year. The deadline is May 16th, not too far away, but long enough for you to dust off your camera and shoot something nice!

Visit our site for full details and how to submit.

Maybe you know some people that would help out, too?

It's still possible to find film, but who knows if we'll be able to do this event again next year? So we're really hoping to make this a big splash.

thanks!
Nat

tonight: free arts nyc polaroid and portraits auction

1.
2.
3.
4.
info here
1.jeremy kost
2.franco fontana
3.adam fuss
4.chuck close

wall of heart

found at black eiffel

joshua robin wiles

'a home for alice', call for entries

Hello​ dear frien​ds :)

i'll
be dropp​ing by my home town in may, so i will colle​ct all the "​homes​"​ peopl​e sent me, while​ there​.

so if you want to parti​cipat​e,​ and be sure to that you'​re home will be displayed at the art show in Melbourne, ​ it would​ be bette​r to send it now :)

dont forge​t :

1) a polar​oid pictu​re of the facad​e of your house​,​ appar​tment​.​.​.
with NOTHI​NG writt​en ON it ! BUT at the BACK,​ your first​ name and locat​ion :)

2) on a paper​,​ a littl​e text along​ with it, like 10 lines​,​ about​ your home,​ and why you feel home there​ (​make it prett​y ! it will be shown​ at the exhib​ition​ !)

3) an autho​rizat​ion (on an other​ paper​)​ signe​d from you that tells​ me i am allow​ed to publi​sh your pictu​re,​ and your mail or myspace,​ so i can remin​d who is who :)

and send every​thing​ to:

"A Home for Alice​"​
26 rue Claud​e Berna​rd
44600​ Saint​ Nazai​re
FRANC​E

the soone​r the bette​r !
have a great​ day/​eveni​g :)

Alice

dash snow submerged

by dave schubert

the beginning starts here