New York Times
January 22, 2009, 7:03 am
Polaroid Fans Try Making New Film for Old Cameras
By Jenna Wortham
Before the advent of the digital camera, Polaroid reigned supreme when it came to photographs you could view in an instant. When the company announced last year that it would cease film production and abandon the technology that made it famous, the format seemed doomed to disappear.
Now a group of Polaroid enthusiasts are trying to create an entirely new instant film product, compatible with Polaroid cameras, that would keep the medium alive.
André Bosman, a former Polaroid employee, and Florian Kaps, a former manager of the Lomographic Society, an online community for film enthusiasts, solicited financing from private donors to purchase the remainder of the film manufacturing equipment from Polaroid. The two also leased the company’s factory in the Netherlands for their effort, cheekily called “The Impossible Project.”
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