Friday, April 30, 2010

A bygone era in its craftsman styling

By now you should very well know that almost anything relating to Polaroid would be able to secure a special place in this blog. Here’s another story that gets an instant ‘like’: Photographer Kim stumbled upon an abandoned old shack on a road trip one sunny afternoon of which she described, “representing a bygone era in its craftsman styling” of which she could quickly relates to the recent demise of Polaroid films. She & her three friends returned to the house, adorned the house with Polaroid photos scattering below the floorboards, laying about in the dry brush outside the home, everywhere - just strewn around making themselves at home.

Sadly the house and project had to come to a close, when Kim was notified by the owner of the house (who, in the first place never took a blind bit of notice of the house until the project took place & got popular) to cease all further visitation and contributions. In spite of the closure, Kim had successfully promoted the project and hundreds of photographers flocked to the site on weekends, sunrises, and even at evening; to take and donate Polaroids. Whereby on Flickr alone, 200+ members joined the Polaroid house group to keep track of the project and watch the changing of the house’s rise - and its subsequent fall. More - a list of Polaroid cameras with photo samples. (via take nothing but polaroids)

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