The Impossible has happened: Slava Smolokowski, the Polish businessman and inventor who is the majority shareholder of The Impossible Project, has just bought Polaroid’s brand and intellectual property. Polaroid ceased making instant cameras and film in 2008; later that year, a group of former employees led by Smolokowski bought the last Polaroid factory and resumed […]
Joe Gioia’s Appealing Peel-Apart NYC Street Portraits
Photographer Joe Gioia’s late 80s B&W NYC Polaroid instant street portraits captured the essence of a city on the cusp of change. Joe Gioia and I met as co-workers. We were part of a staff of young, enthusiastic editors at Modern Photography during its glorious, experimental and transitional last years under the direction of […]