Instant Day
October 18
October 18 is Instant Day - a day all about celebrating instant photography. So get out your Polaroid, Instax or whatever instant photography camera you are using, and show us your instants.
Instant Day isn't really a photo competition, it's more a homage to good old analogue, instant photography - everybody who participates are winners. But: We do have a nice prize for one lucky instant photographer!
WHY
INSTANT
PHOTOGRAPHY?
Instant Photography is a testament to life: It all started back in the 1940’s with a 3 year old kid. She wanted to see her fathers images right away. The father, Edwin Land, embarked on a mission: To invent instant photography.
Half a decade later, Edwin Land launched Instant photography and established the Polaroid brand. Instant photography turned into big business in the 70’s and 80’s, until the digital era almost killed the industry.
The massive amount of time wasted on the small screens have spurred a counterreaction: Analogue, off-line experiences have become popular again. And instant photography is just that: An analogue, life-affirming and tactile photography experience. So let's celebrate life, and make memories.
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INSPIRATION
What to shoot? Here's a dose of instant inspiration from the team behind Instant Photography Day. Hopefully, it will make you grab your camera and shoot from the hip:-)
Karlstrup & Coffee
BY: Stefan Grage
STORY: The scenic beauty of a former lime pit with a twist of coffee: The polaroid was soaked in coffee for a couple of weeks. That gave it a nice tan. Polaroid flip.
Microwave Adventure
BY: Stefan Grage
STORY: The beach at my summer house in Løserup. Expired instax mini film. I microwaved it. I should have studied how to microwave an instant image: It caught fire in the oven.
Løserup Strand
BY: Stefan Grage
STORY: Description/story: Too cold to take a dip. So I took a photo instead. The polaroid had an awful magenta color cast, but I ended up liking it. Taken with a Polaroid Now+ gen 2 and an i-Type film, which I probably stored incorrectly.
Vejlands Allé
BY: Stefan Grage
STORY: Big road, lots of traffic. Too wide for a single shot. So I composed this image on an old Minolta panoramic camera, and printed in on a Polaroid Lab with expired film, cut up the polaroids (lazy dry lift) and stitched them together on my scanner.
Amager Strand at Night
BY: Stefan Grage
STORY: Amager Strand, Copenhagen. Locally referred to as Copenhagens mini-manhattan. Long exposure, Polaroid Now+ gen 2 in manual mode with an i-Type color film in order to make a long exposure.
Nordhavn at Night
BY: Stefan Grage
STORY: Nordhavn, Copenhagen, at night. Long exposure with expired film. I used a Polaroid Flip in manual mode with an i-Type film in order to make a long exposure.
ART
PHOTOGRAPHY
SCENE
YOU CAN ALSO GET A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM THE ART PHOTOGRAPHY SCENE
THE POLAROID COLLECTION
The massive amount of time wasted on the small screens have spurred a counterreaction: Analogue, off-line experiences have become popular again. And instant photography is just that: An analogue, life-affirming and tactile photography experience. So let's celebrate life, and make memories.
DAN ISAAC WALLIN
Dan Isaac Wallin is a swedish art photographer, who uses large format and vintage polaroid cameras for his work. His work hangs in numerous houses as posters.