NPR: Artists Lament Polaroid’s Latest Development
Chuck Close is an American painter who derives his works from photographs. He creates towering — sometimes 10-foot-tall — portraits. Some of those are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Close says he has Polaroids of every painting he has done.
“It’s very discouraging,” Close says.
He says he has probably 2,000 Polaroids.
“I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do.”
I blogged about the demise of the Polaroid camera a few weeks ago. I had forgotten about Chuck Close and his love affair with Polaroid. There are so many artists like him, too. I hope that some company (like Fujifilm) will take up the film production end so that the existing cameras (like my slide printer) can still be used.
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March 4, 2008 at 10:17 am
I lament as well. Digital has its uses and advantages…
While some new technology evolves into replacing older forms, why couldn’t others coexist with older forms?
Thank Zeus for NFL Films, the world’s most faithful purchaser of film stock.
March 12, 2008 at 7:05 am
Well I think a good digital camera would do the trick. Pretty instant also and easy to develop.