The Last Polaroids

Tom Newsom.

So I’ve run out of Polaroid stock. I truly love this stuff, and I know there are thousands of artist out there still working the emulsion. I also know that the camera (long dead; resurrected; on life-support; surprisingly fit for an old man) is coming back soon. So what is now an “artist’s medium” might still be available at Duane Reade in the future.

 I’ll hang on to my brave ‘320 with it’s moldy close-up lens attachment and rheumy electric eye—when there’s stock to be had, and a friend to sit for it, it delivers that seeping, off-color look I adore. The onecamera Flickr page has more…