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Save Polaroids!

By MattCorcoran. Wednesday, 13. February 2008, 19:00:30

As the domination of digital photography marches on, it has brought about the imminent demise of one of the most beautiful, beloved, and acclaimed forms of photography ever fashioned; the Polaroid. You can visit this link to read the news article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=514184&in_page_id=1770 Then go and sign the petition. Don't let such a significant form of photography die. Please spread the word.

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treb # 13. February 2008, 22:04

I watched a short movie on this topic on http://www.volkskrant.nl/ a few hours earlier...

Polaroid: the vinyl of photography. The dutch Polaroid photographer (and Polaroid camera collector) talks about his passion for Polaroids. In Dutch only.

grohos12 # 20. March 2009, 20:28

i am curious, what happened with petition, tried the link and it did not work.

treb # 20. March 2009, 21:15

Apparently the Polaroid production line in Enschede in the Netherlands is going to get a second chance. A group of people want to produce Polaroid film packs again. They plan on having a working production line early 2010.

http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/miMedia/2009/week09/vr_1930_polaroid.avi_plain.xml In Dutch only.