Shake it Like a Metaphorical Picture
As you probably know, production of Polaroid instant film will cease sometime soon, and the internet wants to stop it. What is it with polaroids, exactly? “The fucking thing was begging to be held, passed around, shared, pinned up, torn, and written on”, writes Jason Santa Maria, and recommends you buy a Polaroid camera “while it’s still a semi-affordable hobby.” There is something special about anything that feels realer than digital and more instant than normal film.
People are making the best of it while they can: see Polaroid 366, Polaroidiary, and polaroid a day. Or search flickr or something.
Whatever it is, it’s infectious; it got me to put “nag grandma about that old polaroid camera you remember playing with as a child” at the top of my mental to-do list. (God forbid I just do something.)
