Instant Dreams
An extraordinary Polaroid trip.
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There could hardly be a more telling contrast between the analog and digital eras than the beautifully blurry memories captured in a Polaroid picture and the thousands of pin-sharp photos on an iPhone. In this ambitious visual essay, Willem Baptist explores the visionary genius of Edwin H. Land, the inventor of the Polaroid camera. Even today, all sorts of people are keeping his instant dream alive. Former Polaroid employee Stephen Herchen moved from the United States to Europe to work in a laboratory developing the 2.0 version of Polaroid. Christopher Bonanos, the author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid, tells us, "When I heard Polaroid would stop making film, it felt like a close friend had died." Artist Stefanie Schneider, who is working with the last of her stock of Polaroid film, is using the blurring that occurs with expired film as an additional aesthetic layer in her photographic work.
Production
Pieter van Huystee Film & TV, NTR
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Cast
Stephen Herchen
Himself - The Scientist
Stefanie Schneider
Herself - The Artist
Christopher Bonanos
Himself - The Writer
Caitlin Fowler
Herself - The Model
Udo Kier
The Docter (Cameo)
Edwin H. Land
Himself - The visionary (archive footage)
Ayana J.J.
Herself - The future
Angela Riccio
Herself - The model
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