An extraordinary Polaroid trip.
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.
Willem Baptist
Director, Writer
Stephen Herchen
Self - The Scientist
Stefanie Schneider
Self - The Artist
Christopher Bonanos
Self - The Writer
Caitlin Fowler
Self - The Model
Udo Kier
The Docter (Cameo)
Edwin H. Land
Self - The Visionary (archive footage)
Ayana J.J.
Self - The Future
Angela Riccio
Self - The Model
Being James Bond77%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Maria by Callas73%
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear70%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Looking for Richard68%
Cameraperson67%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes76%
Back in Time65%
Daft Punk Unchained71%
Nothing Like a Dame68%
Above Majestic73%
A Plastic Ocean75%
I Know That Voice71%
For the Love of Spock73%
Everything or Nothing72%
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert82%
Hawking76%
The Unbelievers64%
