Survival of the Fittest: Not Again! Woe is POLAROID.

Here are some portraits of me and some of my friends taken with the marvel: POLAROID SX-70 Alpha 1 SE:

  
  

My favorite portraits of me have been taken with Luis' Polaroid instant cameras. He's got a nice collection of fold-down Polaroid SX-70s. I think he has 30 models, in fact. Not everyone here is as crazy about stuff as Luis is. He's crazy about a ton of stuff. Anyway, Polaroid fans all over the place were saddened by Polaroid's decision to discontinue the manufacturing of their legendary SX-70 Time-Zero film. The last run of this film was made in December of 2005. Any stock now on shelves or at suppliers will probably be the last we'll ever see of it. Sad to think that after over twenty years of supplying some of the world’s most innovative products Polaroid Corp. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 12, 2001. The company came out of bankruptcy in 2002 and in April of 2005 Petters Group Worldwide purchased the last of the failing Polaroid Corporation.

  

If you would like to read more, the internet is full of Polaroid information. Here are some excellent Polaroid art websites and info pages if you are curious:

Copy and paste the following links into your favorite broswer:
On Polaroid art:
http://svr84.ehostpros.com/~plrds84/index1.htm
http://www.melaniestephens.com/artgalltwo.htm
http://svr84.ehostpros.com/~plrds84/plrdpsp7.htm
http://www.leibo.net/polaroid/index.html
http://www.polarama.com/
http://p3designwork.com/pages/polaroid/polaroid_photography_main.html
http://www.melaniestephens.com/ag1aspentreeor.htm
http://www.robertmcclintock.com/polaroid-people.html
http://www.pola-art.de/Gallery/gallery.htm
http://www.flickr.com/groups/polaroid_/discuss/
http://www.aurelehardouin.com/
http://www.polaroidsfromtheroad.com/
http://1peuflou.site.voila.fr/
http://www.michaeldavidandre.com/

On Polaroid bankruptcy:
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V121/N53/53pol.53n.html
http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/4467.php
http://www.scripophily.net/polcor.html