Instant photography lovers and party goers alike, mark your calendars for the International Center of Photography’s Impossible Project Polaroid Party this Friday, December 18th from 5:00-7:30pm. For those of you too busy or far from NYC to make the event, take a minute to learn about the project that is revitalizing the analog Instant Photography movement!
“The Impossible Project is saving analog Instant Photography and aims to release a new instant film for Vintage Polaroid cameras early in 2010. In order to shorten the waiting period until the premiere of its new film, The Impossible Project is proud to be able to present the last original, carefully saved Polaroid™ film—repackaged in a limited Special Edition designed by Paul Giambarba, who created the iconic look of Polaroid from 1958 to 1977.
Paul Giambarba was responsible for the design of the best-known Polaroid films, and the circle is now completed by collaborating with him on the redesign of these last Polaroid films. No one else was more significant to the Polaroid look, and no one else could have done a more outstanding job for this occasion, which marks not only the ending of a classic but also readies the world for the future of Instant Photography by The Impossible Project. This future honors Polaroid’s innovative past.
There is no location better suited for the premiere of the Paul Giambarba Edition than the International Center of Photography, where the presentation will be hosted in the presence of designer Paul Giambarba and Florian Kaps, initiator of The Impossible Project. Apart from the Paul Giambarba Edition, which includes 15 different kinds of original Polaroid™ film, there will also be an ICP Special Edition Camera Kit of 100 items, including film and a tote bag—available exclusively at ICP.”
In addition to the party at the Museum, visitors are invited to take a look around the open studios of the School to view the work of the ICP-Bard MFA students. Open studios will be Friday, December 18th from 7:00-11:00pm and Saturday, December 19th from 12:00-5:00pm.
For more information on these events, please visit ICP’s website:
