Perhaps this has already been shared here, but I found the video fascinating.
http://designtaxi.com/news/363970/Ra...laroid-Camera/
Perhaps this has already been shared here, but I found the video fascinating.
http://designtaxi.com/news/363970/Ra...laroid-Camera/
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Yea that's the 20x24 studios Polaroid camera. There are 3 or 4 in existence.
Look up 20x24 studios
One of the members here got married and had Frank Petronio shoot portraits of him and his bride with one of those cameras. Pretty neat! The portraits were awesome.
Elsa Dorfman used one for several years for portraits. In her 20x24 FAQ page, she says there are 8 in existence.
http://www.elsadorfman.com
Wow, i never knew there was such a camera.
Its a amzing what you can do when you are an extraordinarily wealthy and well known photographer, something like life size portraits on instant film. Incredible. Its almost a novel, never before done type thing. Today the legend continues, and anachronism remains unchecked.
Recently i saw something called "the south as seen through the 20X24" or something like that, and really, what can be seen through a 239LBS camera, lugged around "the south" that we haven't already seen a billion times from Bill Burke, Jim Dow and their polaroid friends of mid 80's fame?
What is important here? The curiosity of a gimmick originally designed to be demonstrator of purpose, or the medium which makes about as much sense as a panoramic image shot on a dedicated camera, when the same frame could have been shot on any camera, then cropped, just like my 35TI "panorama" function does (yes, its totally a stupid thing to take an already tiny format and cut half of it out).
Alas, one question remains: WHY?
Still, the interweb is amazing.
Why?
Because each image is an original, one-of-a-kind piece of art.
Sorry if I wasn't clear... I'm not saying those qualities are exclusive only to a 20x24 Polaroid...
There was one at Calumet in San Francisco, I don't know about now, but that camera/studio was avail. to anyone to rent by the hour, plus materials.
Frank Petronio isn't a rich man, he just had a subject willing to pay what it cost for a special session.
http://www.mammothcamera.com/rental.html
200$ per exposure. I am not sure it includes the rental of the equipment. In any case, i guess thats not so much more then actual cost of a negative 20X24. With that said, i still wonder - why?
I would encourage anyone to shoot any Polaroid, now while it's avail... It's just magic!
There was a time when, before shooting 4x5 chrome, we shot 4x5 Polaroid for disposable test shots, I delivered pickup trucks of 8x10 Pol, and Ektachrome to a local industrial studio, and also used to shoot tons of Polaroid passport photos too, it was a great experience, I'll never forget the lovely smell of that chemical.
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