The first Polaroid ever
The first Polaroid ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old. Errol Morris
Polaroids
How many of the
How many of the people I know – sons and daughters – have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out of their own emotions, attitudes, hands. And how many have only Polaroid pictures of their fathers. Ellen Goodman
Aladdin in his most
Aladdin in his most intoxicated moments would never have dreamed of asking his [djinn] for [a polaroid] … It’s utterly new in concept and appearance, utilizing an utterly revolutionary flash system, an utterly revolutionary viewing system, utterly revolutionary electronics, and utterly revolutionary film structure. Edwin Land
[A Polaroid camera] places
[A Polaroid camera] places before you a thing that is more of the thing than the thing was. Edwin Land
[The Polaroid camera is]
[The Polaroid camera is] a system that will be a partner in perception, enabling us to see the objects in the world around us more vividly than we can see them without it, a system to be an aid to memory and a tool for exploration. Edwin Land
And I never thought
And I never thought this life was possible,You’re the yellow bird that I’ve been waiting for. In polaroids you were dressed in women’s clothes Were you made ashamed, why’d you lock them in a drawer? Well, I don’t think that I ever loved you more Well let the poets cry themselves to sleep And all … Read more
Once I started working
Once I started working with the Polaroid, I would take a shot and if that shot was good, then I’d move the model and change the lighting or whatever… slowly sneaking up on what I wanted rather than having to predetermine what it was. Chuck Close
The first thing I
The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter – 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites. Chuck Close
We’re going to shoot
We’re going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I’m going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it’s worth a fortune. I’ll make this a work of magic warlock art. Charlie Sheen
I didn’t invent the
I didn’t invent the word selfie, but I took tons of Polaroids of myself. Brigid Berlin