How It’s Made takes us through how The Impossible Project manufactures its Instant Film for Polaroid cameras.
Rose Art Museum
You may remember this from before: in 2009 Brandeis University in Waltham, MA had decided to close the Rose Art Museum [S|C|P Link and LA Times] and auction off the 6,000 works in its collection.
In a turn of events, i.e. settling [...]its legal dispute with a group of prominent museum supporters, including Meryl Rose, Jonathan Lee, Lois Foster and Gerald Fineberg, [...]who had been seeking to protect the collection from a full or partial sale.[...]
They have gone so far as to say that [...] the Rose will remain “open to the public and that Brandeis has no plan to sell artwork. [...]
The museum’s collection, valued at more than $300 million, includes works by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg.
[via] Brandeis University won’t sell works from Rose Art Museum – latimes.com.
Jul 012011
Photographers Should Write More
Some interesting linkage from the post:
- Adam Marelli
- Fiftyfootshadows by John Carey
- David duChemin
- Eric Kim
- Assignment Chicago by Alex Garcia
via LVP Magazine via Photoblog of Jorge Quinteros.
Jun 282011
An oldie but a goodie (and funny):
HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST:
Via How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) – Austin Kleon.
Jun 282011
Not exactly fine art but veterinary medical imaging has come a long way in the past few years. Berlin’s Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research’s can now use their new $1.4 million Toshiba Aquilion CX CT scanner to capture and generate 3D images of animals at a rate of 4000 images in 30 seconds.
Modded Medical Device Gives Vets the Big Picture | Magazine.
The Impossible Project, which in March announced the success of their effort re-engineer analog instant film packs for Polaroid cameras, will open a New York store and gallery on April 30.
Also:
The Impossible Project Space will host a grand opening party from 3pm-8pm on April 30.
More info @ : the-impossible-project.com & (via PDNPULSE)
Jul 092009
June 22, 2009 – “Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will retire KODACHROME Color Film this year, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.”
Can’t say that I used it much but the images I’ve seen shot with Kodachrome easily rivaled the quality of Velvia or Ektachrome.
via Kodak
Artist Jorge Colombo draws the June 1, 2009 cover of New Yorker Magazine using the iPhone application Brushes.
“Using the Brushes application, one of thousands of available for the iPhone and iPod touch, he has digitally painted dozens of iconic New York scenes, including Grand Central Terminal, classic downtown delicatessens and the Empire State Building.
This week, one of his sketches will assume a spot coveted by artists in New York and all over the world: the cover of The New Yorker magazine.”
via abc NEWS
A short interview with Jorge here.
And more coverage in The New Yorker and New York Times.
May 272009
An update to the original Polaroid post from 01/25/2009.
“The digital storm, Mr. Kaps says, has left analog opportunity in its wake. “If everyone runs in one direction, it creates a niche market in the other,” he said.”
via NYT – Article
Mar 302009
Hewlett-Packard introduces MagCloud, a new service that “enables you to publish your own magazines.” Coming at just 20¢/page to purchase a magazine (plus shipping), publishers will have to create their magazine in-house and submit it as a finalized high-res PDF. MagCloud then farms out the printing to local and global printers and also handles the shipping and billing.
Costing much less than traditional printing, especially when it comes to making last minute changes, the service hopes to establish itself as “your new printing press.”
via NYT – Article
Disappointed to hear that Brandeis University in Waltham MA is closing the Rose Art Museum. (via nytimes.com and Boston.com)
Polaroid announced last year that they had [...] made the difficult decision to cease manufacturing of instant film products in 2008. (original link to announcement now dead)
But Dutch company Impossible b.v. is taking matters into their own hands. They have undertaken the task of re-creating analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras starting in 2010.
We aim to re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010. We have acquired Polaroid’s old equipment, factory and seek your support.
More info can also be found at Save Polaroid.
