Sometimes the speed and cleverness of the modern world means that we lose things. I miss hand painted signs, analogue clocks, homemade cakes at fetes and harmless dogs running around on the streets.
Someone told me that during the Renaissance with all the smarty pants stuff that was happening then, we actually lost some of the timeless recipes for certain paint colours.
Old ways might not be the safest nor the cleanest nor the sharpest - but sometimes they are the more charming, more delicious, more satisfying, more beautiful.
I love my digital camera. I'd be lying my head off if I said otherwise. But the quality of non-digital photographs with all their idiosyncrasies, randomness and chance-encounters have their own beauty that digital can't fake.
I've heard lots of people complaining about the demise of Polaroid as we've known it. So it with utter amazement at the epic scale of the mission that I leant about The Impossible Project.
As most hipster kids and crafty nerds probably know, Polaroid stopped the production of their analog Instant Film over a year ago. Hmmm, that's why it's so expensive to buy now.
So instead of just crying about it, a truly champion bunch of can-do enthusiasts have signed a 10 year lease on the old Polaroid factory in the Netherlands (big biscuits), and are attempting to re-invent and re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras. And they are calling themselves
IMPOSSIBLE BV.
They are redesiging the whole thing because lots of the materials are out-dated or no longer available.
This is science, money, love and determination right here. All for nostalgia, charm, beauty and fun.
If you are a brainiac you might like to contribute some knowledge, or if you just want to help out a little bit, they are selling t-shirts to raise funds and awareness.