Photo by Kris Krug
To quote Lamott: "You can't -- and, in fact, you're not supposed to -- know exactly what the picture is going to look like until it has finished developing. First you just point at what has your attention and take the picture."I find it a little sad that in today's digital age, the wonder and mystical sensation attached to Instamatic images will become something that people can't relate to. Polariod stopped manufacturing the instant film in 2008. It lost its appeal to mass consumers before that because of the cost of the film - I remember it was something like $1 a picture (and then you didn't know what you were getting until it was done). Who wants to spend that much money on film when now you can get the same effect with a digital?
But there's something to be said for that memory - of waiting for the image to develop. Of having to yank to free the film from the camera. Of shaking the picture so that it would develop faster. Tearing back that foil to reveal an image that was slightly undone but 'cooked' right before your eyes. The anticipation of waiting for it. The thrill of the magic. The innocence and simple joy of youth.
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