MATTHEW TURLEY » industry http://matthewturley.com/blog photographs. news. thoughts. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Viva la Polaroid! http://matthewturley.com/blog/2009/01/16/viva-la-polaroid/ http://matthewturley.com/blog/2009/01/16/viva-la-polaroid/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:05:28 +0000 Matthew Turley http://matthewturley.com/blog/?p=332 I love Polaroid.  It’s a fact.  Unfortunately, not enough people feel the same way I do (or at least they don’t vote that way with their wallets), which has resulted in Polaroid recently discontinuing all their instant films.

Consequently, I’ve spent the last year or so stockpiling their instant films whenever I find it (and can afford it :) .  Suffice to say, it’s getting more expensive: a 20-exposure box of Type 55 used to sell for around $75, and now regularly sells for $150 on eBay.  15-exposure boxes of T809 that sold for $225 are listed for over $600.  $40 per shot – ouch!

Anyway, here’s a few of my favorite polaroids from over the years.  Enjoy!

Portrait of Jim from December 2008:

Green Monster crack, Rock Canyon, Utah (Type 59 – polaroid lift):

Skógafoss, Iceland

El Tajín, Mexico

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