Jim Lind Photo

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Well unfortunately the title is extremely misleading because I can’t think of 55 reasons to do anything. But what I can do is give you one reason on why Polaroid Type-55 film is/was so amazing. It is unpredictable-simply put. Therefore it is exciting. I know it’s not the best film to fall in love with since Polaroid backed out of the analog industry but I sure can say that I’m enjoying every last bit of it that’s around. At the end of every quarter, Craig Steven’s inkjet printing class (which I’m in) puts on a “BIG PICTURE SHOW” of 3-feet tall prints. Recycling old images to print gets well… old, so instead I used some Type-55 sheets leftover from my studio class, rather than letting the film rot in the deep caverns of my photo locker. Here’s the results that I plan on printing for the show, which I also posted in the Polaroid gallery. The reason they look so strange is because the shadows solarized due to colder temperatures. Wish I could say it was done on purpose… so I guess I will.