Polaroid / Instant Film
1948–presentSelf-developing photographs — peel apart or integral. Unique chemical palette, imperfect, irreproducible. Each print one of a kind.
Sealed pod of developer chemicals spread between negative and positive by rollers. Colors form in minutes outside the camera.
1 artist6 colors
Polaroid Instant Film
American
Invented by Edwin Land. SX-70 integral film became the democratic art medium. Andy Warhol's Polaroids are iconic. Now Polaroid Originals / Impossible Project.
Integral film (SX-70/600) develops under clear plastic. Peel-apart (Type 55, FP-100C) gives both print and negative. Colors shift and fade uniquely.