The Best Polaroid Photo
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Blur is proud to be the exclusive media sponsor of The Impossible Project, which is re-inventing analogue integral film for vintage Polaroid cameras in the former Polaroid factory in Enschede (the Netherlands).
The company of Polaroid stopped producing the instant film in June 2008, and the expiry date of the last films produced is 9 Oct 2009. After this, it will no longer be possible to purchase instant film – and Polaroid photography would thus be dead and gone forever.
To support this special photographic and artistic moment, Blur magazine, in collaboration with the Impossible Project, is organizing a big international contest of analogue instant photography under the name THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO.
The panel, consisting of leading team members of the Impossible Project and Blur magazine, will select 30 best photographs. These will be presented on the website of Blur, where readers can vote for the BEST POLAROID PHOTO. The five selected photographers will be awarded with attractive prizes, courtesy of the Impossible Project, and the best 30 photographs will be displayed in an exhibition in Zagreb.
Objective
There is a certain secret relation between photographer and his/her instant analogue camera, a strong emotional and sentimental devotion. Therefore, we don’t want to limit you with any theme. Instead, we want you to send us your favorite Polaroid photograph, the one you feel mostly attached to, the photograph you believe could win the title of THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO.
Given that Polaroid photographs are so unique, and the authors so attached to their work, you don’t have to send your original photographs, but scanned versions in web resolution. In case your photograph enters the 30 best according to the panel, we will contact you directly so that you send us your photo in high print resolution in order to be exhibited and published in all related promotional materials.
Prizes
For the best 5 photos, selected by the readers:
- prize: Polaroid camera SX-70 Sonar OneStep + 2 Instant Film packs
- prize: Polaroid 600 Once Classic camera + 2 Instant Film packs
- prize: 3 Instant Film packs
- prize: 2 x The Impossible Project T-Shirt (M or F)
The best 30 photographs, selected by the panel, will be exhibited in:
- the exhibition THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO in Zagreb in 2010
- special Blur magazine edition on the exhibition
Rules
- You should send only scanned version of real, original polaroid photography. Photographs created with computer programs will not be accepted.
- The competition is open to all photographers, professional ones and amateur ones.
- Each photographer can participate with 1 photograph maximum.
- BLUR magazine is under no obligation to return photographs or written materials submitted.
How to enter?
Use the submission form on the official website.
