Hey photo friends, Erik here with my quick 2 cents on a new product that has sparked some debate here in the CJ Studio. The Impossible Project has a Kickstarter campaign for their new “Impossible Instant Lab”, which will “transform your digital iPhone images into real instant photographs that you can touch, caress and share with friends.” Take a look at the Kickstarter video for all the details:
I should love this thing. I mean, it combines Polaroids with iPhone Photography with Kickstarter! What’s more hip and awesome than that? The charm wears off for me quickly though when I realize that all of this is just taking pictures of pictures. Is there any artistic merit here? I respect the tangible nature of instant analog photography, but more than that I respect the difficulty, unpredictability, and commitment it takes to do it well. In my opinion, all of that is lost when you’re using an instant camera more or less as a printer that connects to your iPhone. We LOVE our iphone dearly, but this gadget isn’t about that. Does an analogue printer of digital undermine instant analogue photography?
What do you think? Like I said, I should love this thing, but I don’t know
This does look very complex for no reason.
Why don’t they just build a bluetooth printer that connects to the iphone??????????????
If I take 100 images on the iphone and like one I can print it. If I use a Polaroid camera to shoot 100 pictures at $3 a shot that is $300 to get what I want. Then the other 99 images would go into the land fill. This is better for the environment I am thinking.
Agree with all the thumbs downers, this is nothing but hipster pretentious crap…why is Chase tweeting about it every few hours? I’ve wrote a lil something about it on my site, would be glad to have some of you check it out 🙂 bit.ly/UG2HkF
Technology is developed to move FORWARD, never back. When nostalgia mixes with innovation, only waste is produced. Thumbs down.