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This sounds really cool to me! If it can happen when I'm in town, I'd certainly want to be part of this workshop.<BR>
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<BR>> From: jasmine@electronpusher.org<BR>> To: jasmine@electronpusher.org<BR>> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:40:49 -0700<BR>> CC: darkroom@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [Darkroom] Polaroid nut reporting in<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> So, I'm being talked into giving a workshop on Polaroid photography. <BR>> I'd like to therefore float this idea, but first I'd like to hear back <BR>> from you folks on what particular topics in the world of Polaroid <BR>> people are interested in.<BR>> <BR>> If you're interested in the wonderful world of Better Photography <BR>> Through Chemistry, I'd like to hear from you- either by private mail, <BR>> or by mail to the list. Here's a quick background, and I'd love to <BR>> talk and give a little history on what I think is the most immediate <BR>> and social method of chemical photography.<BR>> <BR>> Polaroid has basically three eras. The first of these was spent <BR>> making the polarizing filters which gave the company its name <BR>> ("polarizing celluloid") and isn't that interesting to photographers <BR>> (though it is illuminating from the point of view of understanding the <BR>> background of the company).<BR>> <BR>> The second era was spent making the peel-apart films which were the <BR>> runaway success of the early 60s. I don't use these, but a lot of <BR>> photographers do, and I can talk a little about the chemical process.<BR>> <BR>> The third and most interesting era was spent making the revolutionary <BR>> integral print film that first debuted in the early seventies with the <BR>> launch of the incredibly cool folding SLR, the SX70. This era is just <BR>> coming to an end now, as the final deadstock film starts to expire. <BR>> Fortunately, the completely insane Impossible Project team is planning <BR>> on resurrecting it next year, so the future of Polaroid film is set <BR>> to, well, actually exist.<BR>> <BR>> I have a number of cameras for integral film, which I would love to <BR>> demonstrate, and maybe we could do a workshop on the capabilities, <BR>> limitations, and accessories available for these cameras which are <BR>> available cheaply and in many cases are of very good quality.<BR>> <BR>> What do people think?<BR>> <BR>> thanks,<BR>> <BR>> -J.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Darkroom mailing list<BR>> Darkroom@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/darkroom<BR> </body>
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