Tag Archives: Polaroid

Carlo Van de Roer capturing the essence

By eyecurious | Published: 2 August 2010
One of the most worn clichés in the realm of photography is the notion that a photographic portrait can somehow “capture the essence” of its subject. This has always struck me as pretty problematic; the idea that there is a moment that can be captured on film that encapsulates some fundamental truth about us, about [...]
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Mission Impossible

By eyecurious | Published: 23 March 2010
Please forgive the painfully unoriginal title of this post, but it does seem really appropriate. In a couple of days the aptly-named Impossible Project will begin to sell the first of their instant film packs for Polaroid cameras on their online store. Although there has been a fair amount of buzz out there on this [...]
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