Low Tech Beauty
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had a thing for the simple elegance of polaroid pictures. To me they seem to capture beauty in it’s rawest form, and it can be nice to get away from all the 10 mega pixel digital cameras and endless Photoshop techniques once in a while.
Hopefully these photos will inspire you to think outside of the box in your next design. At very least I hope that you’ll enjoy looking at them.
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Bring on the Pics!
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17 Comments so Far:
Comment by John Campbell on September 17, 2008 at 2:33 am
Great collection for a post. And original too, I can’t remember seeing one like this in a while. Just Stumbled it and submitted to DesignBump. I like seeing you branch out from just tutorials.
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John
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Comment by liz on September 17, 2008 at 10:34 pm
man, im gonna miss you polaroids!
Comment by beets on September 17, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Great collection Tom - thanks
i can’t help but wonder how some of these were done with just a polaroid though, especially the double-exposures… amazing.
Comment by Ross on September 18, 2008 at 1:07 am
Great list Tom, very original, haven’t seen many polaroid shots as cool as these:) dugg!
Comment by Mostly Lisa on September 18, 2008 at 4:18 am
really inspirational. i love the mix of traditional and weird and wacky. i miss poloaroids.
Comment by Philippe Roy on September 18, 2008 at 6:42 am
Cool series! If you like polaroids, on my last trip to the Guggenheim I picked up this awesome book “The Polaroid Book”. http://www.polaroid.com/studio/polaroidbook.html Also a very, very cool collection of polaroids from all over.
Comment by liam on September 18, 2008 at 10:55 am
Great collection man, love the Eiffel Tower one the most, looks really good. And yeah I agree with Ross, very original collection. Nice one.
Comment by Julius on September 18, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Great collection!
Comment by Tom on September 19, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Thanks guys! It was nice to post something showcasing a lesser appreciated form of art. I’ve always loved polaroids, and find these pieces really inspirational.
Comment by LimonVerde on October 20, 2008 at 9:39 am
Ohh it is so delicious looking to this wonderful “dreamy colored” photos. And knowing they are not digitialy, it makes them more special. Great work.
Comment by Tom on October 21, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I agree, some of them are really dreamy looking. Very peaceful.
Comment by Mabuc on October 29, 2008 at 1:53 am
Nice list here, just wondering if this is originaly shot by a camera or their are some parts edited by photoshop, because the title text has “shot”, just wondering but you have a good post here which I really love to see..
Comment by Anne on February 27, 2009 at 12:32 pm
thank you so much for putting this list together, as a full-time polaroid evangelist it makes me ever so happy. the fact that you included 2 of my shots is an unexpected treat
Comment by Tom on February 27, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Yeah I really love polaroids too. I’m glad you enjoyed this list.
Comment by Camden Hardy on February 27, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Fantastic set of images. Makes me proud to walk around town with my Polaroid 210 Land Camera around my neck!
Comment by Tom on February 27, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Thanks Camden, I’m glad you liked the images. Sounds like you’re a definite polaroid junkie btw
Comment by Josh on April 14, 2009 at 8:52 am
A lovely collection, some stunning shots
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