Polaroid
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My Dad's Gentle Nudge Forward
Tao of Photography &bull Dec 11, 2011
People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances without own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel… Full Story »
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A Polaroid A Day for 6,000 Days [18 years!]
Chase Jarvis Blog &bull Dec 9, 2011
NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days, or, roughly, 18 years. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time on March 13, 1979. His last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer… Full Story »
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The "Four Marks" of the Mystic State
Tao of Photography &bull Dec 3, 2011
Ineffability - The handiest of the marks by which I classify a state of mind as mystical is negative. The subject of it immediately says that it defies expression, that no adequate report of its contents can be given in words. Noetic Quality - Although so similar to states of feeling, mystical states seem to those who experience them… Full Story »
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Cosmic Consciousness
Tao of Photography &bull Dec 1, 2011
The Infinite, therefore, cannot be ranked among its objects. You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty superior to reason, by entering into a state in which you are your finite self no longer-in which the divine essence is… Full Story »
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Polaroid Z340: instant-print digicam hits store shelves
The Imaging Resource News Page &bull Nov 9, 2011
ZINK Imaging Inc. and PLR IP Holdings, LLC--owner of the Polaroid brandname--have today announced immediate availability of the Z340 Instant Digital Camera, which was first unveiled last July. Based around a 14 megapixel digital camera with a fixed focal length, autofocus lens of unknown specification, the Polaroid Z340 takes the company back to its roots by offering the ability to create prints straight out of the camera. The printing technology used was developed by ZINK Imaging, a company built on the foundation of technologies and assets purchased after Polaroid itself filed for bankruptcy. Zink is home to quite a few… Full Story »
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Pikes, Minnows, and Parks (and a Lesson, Oh My)
Tao of Photography &bull Oct 30, 2011
During a visit to see my mom on Long Island the other week, my younger son and I stumbled across a beautiful park - no more than a stone's throw away from the house I grew up in - that I never knew existed! Well, I knew of the place, and of its beauty, but not of the park's presence. And therein lies an important lesson that owes its origin to pikes and minnows. Years ago, I read of an experiment in which some biologists used cameras to record the actions of a large northern pike inside of an aquarium… Full Story »
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Using Social Media to Share Your Travel Photos
PhotographyBLOG &bull Oct 19, 2011
If you look at the history of photography, you'll find that photos are meant to be shared and to be seen. As a kid, I remember sitting at my grandfather's house watching slideshows (yes, actually slides) of his photography from all over the world. Now that I'm… Full Story »
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The Man Who Inspired Steve Jobs
A Photo Editor &bull Oct 11, 2011
virtually none of the obituaries mentioned the man Jobs himself considered his hero, the person on whose career he explicitly modeled his own: Edwin H. Land, the genius domus of Polaroid Corporation and inventor of instant photography. via NYTimes.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Polaroid
- color
- film
- Photography
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Steve Jobs' Inspiration
The Online Photographer &bull Oct 8, 2011
In the memorials to Steven P. Jobs this week, Apple's co-founder was compared with the world's great inventor-entrepreneurs: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell. Yet virtually none of the obituaries mentioned the man Jobs himself considered his hero, the… Full Story »
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49 Amazing Artists You Must Know [+ Some Other Guy & a Good Cause]
Chase Jarvis Blog &bull Sep 12, 2011
Two weeks ago I announced a labor of love collaboration project (plus some behind the scenes photos) that's been underway for the past few months. It's a group art show called Made in Polaroid 50 | 50 | 50 -… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Polaroid
- color
- film
- Photography
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49 Amazing Artists You Must Know [+ Some Other Guy & a Good Cause]
Chase Jarvis Blog &bull Sep 12, 2011
Two weeks ago I announced a labor of love collaboration project (plus some behind the scenes photos) that's been underway for the past few months. It's a group art show called Made in Polaroid 50 | 50 | 50 -… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Polaroid
- color
- film
- Photography
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Limited Edition Polaroid SX-70 Cameras
Photojojo &bull Sep 6, 2011
We knew deep down that it still had to be out there somewhere. So we embarked on a pilgrimage. Halfway around the world our faith in the camera gods was finally rewarded. Limited Edition Polaroid SX-70 Cameras: Fully functional, lovingly… Full Story »
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DonkeyArtPrize Contemporary Arts Competition
Current Photo Contests &bull Sep 5, 2011
Choose subjects that are especially interesting or appealing. Blindonkey Cultural Association announces the opening of the second edition of the DonkeyArtPrize; a competition aimed at promoting modern and contemporary Art, developing an international community of artistic talent and discovering brand… Full Story »
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Spilling the Beans: Polaroid 50
Chase Jarvis Blog &bull Aug 30, 2011
If you know anything about me, you know that creating multi-disciplinary, socially enabled art AND getting unlikely people together into one community are really important tenets to my career and my life. It's with that in mind that I'm today… Full Story »
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Mitchell Feinberg's 810 Digital Capture Back
A Photo Editor &bull Aug 23, 2011
When I talked to Mitchell Feinberg recently he mentioned that he owned the world's largest non-scanning color sensor array, something he created so that he could continue to shoot 810 film without Polaroid. Normally I avoid anything to do with equipment but this sounded interesting. Mitchell: When I look back, three years ago, it was crazy that I even tried to do this: design and manufacture the… Full Story »
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Using the iPad for "Polaroid" Test Shots
This Week in Photography &bull Aug 18, 2011
Post Photo by Joe Farace - Follow Joe on Twitter Back in the film era, before starting a portrait session legendary photographer Leon Kennamer would make a Polaroid test shot of his subject, with the lighting exactly how he wanted.… Full Story »
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Sightsavers Diwali Photo Contest
PhotographyBLOG &bull Aug 18, 2011
UK based charity Sightsavers has just launched a new photo competition. The Sightsavers competition encourages people to submit a photo that they feel captures the essence of Diwali through family, fun, colour or light. The closing date for entries is… Full Story »
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Polaroid Announces a New Line of Photography Lenses
The Imaging Resource News Page &bull Aug 12, 2011
The following is an unedited press release, shown as received from the company represented. We've elected to present selected releases without editorial comment, as a way to provide our readers more information without further overtaxing our limited editorial resources. To avoid any possible confusion or conflict of interest, the Imaging Resource will always clearly distinguish between company-provided press releases… Full Story »
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Evidence of Mutability
Tao of Photography &bull Jul 15, 2011
Through falling from its previous function, and thus outliving the use originally conferred upon it, the ruin transgresses and subverts our everyday encounter with space and place. In the space of order and regulation, boundaries are delimited and linear. Being… Full Story »
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Polaroid Week 2011: Our Favorite Projects, Tips, and Ways To Use Instant Film
Photojojo &bull Jul 14, 2011
We're already havingablast celebrating, and want you to join us! Because we you, we've rounded up our favorite projects, tips, inspiration to get your instant ideas developing! Grab your camera, feed it some film, and read on to learn how… Full Story »
