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The Polaroid: Imperfect, Yet Magical permalink

Source: www.nytimes.com

Karen Horton / (0) / posted over 4 years ago / flag this / read more

"The demise of Polaroid’s instant film cameras has been coming for years. Digital technology did it in. The decision this year by the company that Edwin Land founded to stop manufacturing the film has left devotees who grew up with Polaroid’s palm-size white-bordered prints bereft. They have signed up in the thousands as members of SavePolaroid..."

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