Bob Keefer
Is a writer and photographer who lives in rural Oregon. This is an informal blog with no particular purpose other than to give myself something to do with some of the welter of photographs I take each day.
For more considered work, see my hand-colored photography at BobKeeferPhoto.com.
You can email me at bob/at/bkpix.com.
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Film for my Polaroid SX-70 — again!
The impossible has taken place: Someone has brought out a new camera film, and for an interesting camera, at that.
Word is that The Impossible Project is bringing out out a new black and white film — Thursday! — that fits the old Polaroid SX-70 and 600 cameras.
Careful readers may recall my chagrin at having my last stock of true SX-70 film degenerate with age to the point of uselessness.
Why, in this digital age, is such a film so appealing?
Because it’s there.
SX-70 Blues
Polaroid film is an artifact of recent history, so I’ve been hoarding a few precious packets of SX-70 film for… well, for what exactly?
Inspired by the New York Times display of Polaroid photos this weekend, I got out the SX-70 and discovered, to my chagrin, that the film has gone bad.
Moral: Use your film today.
On second look, though, the images are intriguing, what with the strange circles and blotches in the pictures, like this one, and a couple more I’ll attach.
Other moral: Enjoy whatever comes out of the camera.
photo: Noah, 2009
Here are two more, taken outside:
photo: House, 2009
photo: Toyota, 2009