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Reflections on Polaroid's instant photography in a digital age
Original: Instantaneousness was the key spirit of Polaroid camera in a time before digital camera, which you able to fasten and re
A social media reflection argues that instantaneity was the essential spirit of the Polaroid camera in the era before digital photography, allowing people to capture and reproduce a concentrated moment of perception. The writer notes that today, amid a flood of digital images, the digitised reproduction of Polaroid photographs raises questions about what has been lost — the meaning of the instant image once it becomes just another file in an endless stream.
Why now: Nostalgia and debate about analogue instant photography versus today's saturation of digital images
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