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As some of you know, Polaroid stopped producing instant film las year.
There is an initiative going on to start producing an independent
instant film alternative for use by artists. This group has acquired
the last Polaroid instant film factory in The Netherlands and is
attempting to make instant film stock without the assistance of
Polaroid or directly copying their now defunct products. Basically they
are trying to clone Polaroid instant film.<br>
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If anyone is interested in helping them, the latest bulletin is
attached below. I know they need help with some of the chemistry
components, but probably also getting the old production line to be
more efficient. It wasn't that people weren't buying the film, it was
just too expensive to produce because the manufacturing method was
about 100 years old.<br>
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I use Polaroid a lot. I have a couple boxes left in the refrigerator,
but when they're gone they're gone, and my amazing Polaroid 440 camera
from 1968 will be useless. If anyone can pitch in on this project, it
would be appreciated by a massive number of artists around the world.<br>
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<div style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"> · <span
style="font-size: 11px;">Re-inventing instant film for vintage
Polaroid cameras</span> · </div>
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Dear supporters of The Impossible Project. We've been overwhelmed by
the incredible support and the zillions of warm and inspiring lines we
received during the past weeks. True to the fact that the countdown is
ticking and remaining time melts like butter in the sun, we are 129%
concentrating on losing the IM in IMPOSSIBLE and have not been able to
personally reply to all the mails. Please forgive us! </div>
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Updates from Enschede </div>
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While the former Polaroid factory in Enschede, a small town located in
the far east of the Netherlands has quickly become our second home,
we've managed to make a few updates to our site, most notably a <a
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be posting regular updates, project challenges and anything worth
sharing we come across in the world of instant photography. </div>
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Fresh Impossible T-shirts </div>
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Just in time for Summer! Show your support for The Impossible Project
and keep Instant film alive by picking up one of our freshly designed <a
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American Apparel T-Shirts, there's 2 designs available from our partner
store Spreadshirt. Not only will you look drop-dead-gorgeous in our
T-shirts, you'll be helping to spread the word and more importantly,
all proceeds from the sales go directly towards keeping the factory
up-and-running. </div>
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We're seeking experts </div>
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<strong>Think you know something about
latex?</strong><br>
The first challenge we'd like to open up to the more scientific folk
out there is a call for help to find a special Latex needed for the
film's timing layer.<br>
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The purpose of the timing layer is to delay the neutralization for a
short defined period of time, say 2 minutes. In order to coat this
timing layer, we are searching for Latex that should be easy to coat on
a gelatin base.<br>
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Last but not least, the response from the media has almost become an
impossible project in itself - a welcome one of course. It's been
extremely encouraging to receive this volume of publicity and only
makes us want to work harder. For us, it's another sign of how strong,
magic and vivid Instant photography really is. </div>
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More coming soon, please stay
tuned!<br>
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with analog love<br>
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The Impossible team </div>
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