Instant photography before the digital innovation was synonymous with Polaroid. Think about the days when you’d visit the grocery store and have an instant memory of you and Tony the Tiger. Or when the station wagon from Ghostbusters made an appearance at a local car dealership and that image was captured forever in time as quickly as it happened. Hell, if you’ve ever had the horrific endeavor of being placed on Santa’s lap before the late ‘90’s, a Polaroid picture is what you have to remember it by.
This will no longer be available sooner than later. After this month, the production of instant film will cease. Maybe this will hit me harder because of my age, but I feel that waving that piece of film until a poor quality picture appears is something that should never be taken away. Sure, in the economic perspective, this is the evolution of technology. And yes, these cameras don’t stand a chance in the digital world, but this is a heartbreaker.
What will Outkast do now for lyrics now? In ten years, the new generation of crumb-crunchers won’t know what it means to “Shake it like a Polaroid picture.” Even though shaking the later versions of the film could actually ruin the picture, that’s beside the point.
First we lose our 8-tracks, then our vinyl records, our tape cassettes, and we’ll soon lose CD’s, but please, not the instant Polaroid film. Buy while you can, sources say that the film will only be available through next year.
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Kara (Kara) says:
(Posted December 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pm)
So deep, and devastating. I had no idea this was happening! I have an entire photo album, granted it only holds about 30 pictures to begin with, of nothing but Polaroid pictures of me between the ages of 1 minute old and 13 years old. How sad it all will be. And how much it will hurt when I am 40, listening to oldies and my kids ask me what a polaroid picture is…
That said, though, we now have the ability to attach cameras directly to 6 cubed inch printers and print high quality photos in a minute. That is the next age of instant film…