In honor of this thing called The Impossible Project (which is not only saving polaroid film, they are making it better) I have a few of my favorite polaroids.
1. My first time at the Art Shanty Project in 2008....in the snapshot shanty with Frankie, Peter, Michael & Eric.
2. Me climbing into a tree back in 1999, i believe. Junior in high school. My friend Katy and I were REALLY into polaroids back then.
3. Eric and I at a really amazing Xmas Cookie Party last winter.
4. Eric on said Xmas partie's polaroid scavenger hunt. Each team gets a camera, 10 pics and a list. It was about 1 degree outside and we had to run all over uptown doing silly things. So fun! This is eric in the kitchen of Bryant Lake Bowl with angel wings on (we improvised with napkins). Our team won and we all got fruit cakes! I hope we get invited to that party again this year.
I just LOVE polaroids. They are instant gratification, they almost always look amazing...even when you are taking of pictures of really crumby/sad/gross/ugly/boring things, they can be manipulated for even more fun times, they even have their own smell when you are flipping through a stack of 'em. I quit buying the film because it got soooo expensive. I hope that when they bring it back, it is reasonably priced. Either way, I'm relieved that I never gave that trusty ol' polaroid camera to goodwill.
