Stealing another creator’s work is perhaps one of the lowest things someone can do, but for another purported artist to steal demonstrates not only a severe lack of sense of community but an appalling lack of artistic sensibility. Afterall, great artists copy, good artists steal may be an adage oft repeated by many but most […]
Tag: Polaroid
Posts about Polaroid.
If you plumb the depths of this website you will find ample evidence of our love for and admiration of Polaroid, the iconic maker of the world’s first instant film and ubiquitous cameras associated with it. We recently discussed the release of the Moto Z Polaroid accessory that is really only a Polaroid in name, […]
The problem with most photography social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook is that they are ephemeral, rarely encouraging people to make physical copies of what they capture. Normally this is an inconvenient process but new accessories and services have sprung up with the rise in popularity of these platforms, accessories and services that bring […]
Fujifilm’s popular line of instant film, Instax, recently released a new iteration called the Instax Square format that closely resembles the old Polaroids of the past and that is now the subject of a dispute between Polaroid and Fujifilm dating back to January 2017. Polaroid informed Fujifilm of the Instax Square’s infringements of Polaroid’s trademarks […]
A Kickstarter project wants to enable your Hasselblad V camera to use Fujifilm Instax Square Film in a bid to merge the best of Sweden with one of the most beloved film lines straight out of Japan. Hasselblad needs no introduction but it is legendary – established in 1841 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company has […]
There is something almost primal about instant gratification, and it is something that many modern companies have tapped into to resounding success. Think Netflix, Apple, Amazon Prime – all of these massive services rely on the need for “now” and not later. It comes of little surprise, then, that photography’s original king of “now” is […]
