FEATURE: 150 polaroids and why.

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"I love polaroids, because EVERYTHING looks amazing as a polaroid. I mean, you could take a picture of a foot, and it'd be the coolest foot ever, because it's a polaroid. And you could take a picture of trash, and it'd be the coolest trash I've ever seen, because it's a polaroid.(I'm a bit obsessed with polaroids.)"

dynasourX







"They're fresh from a box...like new shoes "

cosmogurl






"[I love them] because they are so raw and real and have this ultimately inspiring, loving feeling to them."

katherineamelia

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"Having worked with digital for so long, the infinite, impersonal feel was really getting to me. I think polaroids were the perfect answer to this... plenty of room for mistakes, the finite quality of each and every picture, and just the overall process itself. I've found that the more thought you put into each picture you make with a polaroid camera, it really shows. It takes patience, attention to light, and most of all pure creativity. With the lack of fancy controls, the resulting image comes entirely from the creativity of the mind behind the camera...longue vie aux polaroids! "

osquibb

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"When I am holding my sx 70 I feel like a fairy you know. Polaroids were so magic for me, since I remember."

AnBystrowska

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"I think the main thing I love about polaroids is the combination of instant gratification along with total unpredictability. Polaroids are very difficult to shoot; it's easy to "waste" a pola because it's a challenging art form. However, if you get it right, you get AMAZING results--stunning colors and tones unlike any other film. There are so many kinds of polaroid film, too, and I love to compare the results from them all. My favourite type is the now-extinct Time-Zero; I still have a stash, but I will be so sad when it's gone. Still, Polas are little pieces of art that you can hold in your hand "

futurowoman


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"I always thought that polaroids look so archaic and vintage, that they make great album covers. I make music, so  my attempts at polaroids first began as attempts at my own record cover I guess haha. But I fell in love with them, and now I just do them whenever I can!"

box-office-poison






"I think polaroids appeal to me because they look so timeless. yknow what I mean? some look like they've been taken long ago and it takes you back in time, whereas other photos lose their magic after a whie. I'm not really sure what else..I love the colours polaroids produce. I love everything about them!"

smockparty






"Polaroids are great. The way they develop before your eyes, the dodgy colours and (with this camera at least) the poor focus. Even when new they look like something from the 70's."

bangia

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"I like to catch the light, the instant with a simple film. I think the polaroid talk us in another way, more personal way. The render is different, stranger than a numeric for example. The object is very important too. The film, the old camera, the old leather case... It's another way to "work", it's like vinyls VS cds."

Shiver-Rayfresh

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"What I love about them: the quality. It's not that good which makes it great. And its instant. Woohoo. So you know if its shit or not in a few seconds rather then a few days after it gets printed. And of course the white edges."

celluloid-dream