We’ve talked plenty over here about the New55 Project, Bob Crowley’s extremely promising attempt to reintroduce, and improve upon, Polaroid’s Type 55 positive/negative instant film. But I was floored to see (via the 20×24 Studio) this set of photos, for which a Flickr user named julsdylan has made his (or her?) own pos-neg film.
Negative test. Copyright © Julzdylan, all rights reserved. Link to originals above.
Well. He calls it “55 like,” and although the results are pretty crude and experimental, this speaks pretty loudly about the love for instant-photo materials. Seriously–if suddenly you couldn’t get some familiar consumer product like a cell phone or a car, would you take it upon yourself to build your own? This person did. Amazing. Hats off.
Homemade pod. Copyright © Julzdylan, all rights reserved. Link to originals above.
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