It seems like there has been a lot of talk about the death of Polaroids lately. This has probably been going on for awhile but none the less I wanted to post a few Polaroid related items. Below is a link to a radio broadcast talking about Walker Evans late fascination with the Sx-70 Polaroid camera...I hope the link takes you there because it's worth listening to.
http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram.py?file=studio360/studio051102a.ra&start=%225:02.7%22&end=%2210:41.9%22
Also semi related is an article in the most recent Vanity Fair featuring Robert Frank. He too is admittedly at 'the end of his career'...he is in his mid 80's and recently made a trip to China to support a new retrospective on his work. What I found interesting about this article was Robert Frank's stance on digital photography. Frank states simply, ".....digital photography destroys memory with it's ability to erase." Granted, Robert Frank is known to be a little bit of a curmudgeon. I personal feel like photography is a constantly changing medium so digital vs. non is really a non issue however I still find Frank's statement on this a bit startling. Polaroid's are probably the one photographic medium that gives immediate 'memory' without the choice of being developed or erased. Here is one more link, it's another radio podcast on memory...go to it, it will be worth your time, an experience you won't forget.
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=351
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