Tag Archives: Polaroid
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‘Polaroid': A Horror Movie About a Possessed Polaroid Camera (Trailer)
I already wrote up one horror movie trailer today – Cult of Chucky – but this is crazy enough to justify doing another one. It’s called Polaroid, and believe it or not it’s about some kind of haunted Polaroid camera kid finds in an antique store. I’m not sure what legal arrangement allowed Polaroid, a […]
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The Impossible Project Preserves the Legacy of Instant Film (Video)
Instant film, most recognizably in the form of Polaroid cameras and prints, are well on their way to extinction in our digital, quasi-paperless society. But what anyone who truly loves photography knows is that the tactile pleasure of holding and touching a Polaroid photo in your hands is a priceless experience, which is exactly the […]
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‘Andy Warhol. Polaroids': Book Features Snapshots by the Artist
There was no Instagram in Andy Warhol‘s day, although you don’t have to be a serious Warhol scholar to figure out he would have loved it. But there were Polaroid cameras, and Warhol predictably took a real shine to the instant photography technology, taking a wide variety of Polaroids from the time he first got […]
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Polaroid Zip Instant Mobile Printer
Thanks to Instagram and other similar services, the art of making photographs look like old Polaroids has been perfected, while actually printing them out has been a little trickier. But a new gadget from (who else?) Polaroid aims to make the process as simple as it was in the old days with the Polaroid Zip, an […]
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Polaroid Cube Camera (Video)
New from Polaroid, it’s a “lifestyle action camera” that’s designed to be like the quirky version of a GoPro. It’s the Polaroid Cube, a small cube-shaped camera with a magnet attached to the bottom so it can stick to myriad metal surfaces while it takes the photos you can’t get with a normal camera or […]
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Polaroid Socialmatic Camera Finally Coming Out
It seems like the Polaroid Socialmatic concept camera has been in the air for a really long time. The concept combines the retro appeal of a Polaroid camera with 21st century upgrades engineered towards sharing the user’s work across their social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and more. Now, almost 2 years after the Polaroid […]
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HUF Spring 2013 Delivery: Polaroid Lookbook, Part 2
Fashion label HUF has turned to photographer Brian Kelley for a lookbook showcasing their second delivery for the spring of 2013. This time, it’s a Polaroid-style collection of photographs, giving the lookbook a vintage look and feel that’s very popular nowadays thanks to photo sharing services like Instagram. The setting for the lookbook is the […]
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Polaroid Set to Release Instagram Socialmatic Camera
Plans for the Instagram Socialmatic Camera have been around for a while now, but it was never certain that the camera would make it from the concept stage to store shelves. That changed today, when Polaroid announced its intention to produce the camera for release sometime in the first part of 2014. The Instagram Socialmatic […]
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Polaroid Announces iM1836 Android Smart Camera
New from Polaroid comes an announcement of their latest product – it’s the iM1836 Android-powered smart camera, which will take many of the high-tech features you’re used to from your smartphone, and apply them to a camera that can take much better pictures than your phone can. The iM1836 will have Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, plus […]
