Photos // Making The Impossible Possible.

I have a confession ... I'm a little bit obsessed with instant photography and have been most of my life. It all started when I was little, I can remember being bought a Polaroid i-zone camera for Christmas when I was 7. It was the first camera I'd ever owned and I'm pretty sure in that moment I fell in love with photography. Of course at that age I was awful, but I can in fact remember going around taking photos of everyone who visited our house that Christmas. In fact I can remember later that year when my little brother was born taking photos of him in the hospital just so I could take them to school the next day. I spent the whole day showing anyone who walked past me whether they wanted to see them or not! Being the impatient person that I am, I loved the quickness that instant photography provided me. To me there was always something so magical about watching my photos slowly appear in front of my eyes, and what with us now living in such a digital age I recently started to miss having those moments.

Last year I was determined to get hold of a Polaroid P600 camera as I felt my camera collection was in desperate need of one. After browsing eBay for the whole of 5 minutes (yes it was that quick!), I found one going ridiculously cheap and it was virtually brand new.Once it arrived I was faced with the dreaded task of hunting down the film, which as we all know isn't the cheapest. Since Polaroid stopped making film for this camera back in 2008 (although you can find some of the old stock online!), I decided that my only option was to test out a pack of The Impossible Project film that I'd been hearing a lot about; honestly I'm so glad I did.

The Impossible project in my eyes, keeps dreams alive. They keep creative possibilities alive. I love everything thing that they stand for and I'm amazed at what they have managed to achieve so far. Unfortunately you only get 8 exposures in a pack instead of the traditional 10, but I'm sure I can live with that. And also there is no longer the ability to "shake it like a Polaroid picture" so to speak as you aren't supposed to shake this film. I guess its just a small price to pay for being able to use this camera. In all honestly this film is a whole different take on the old Polaroid system, but is still amazing none the less. Every photo has a beautiful quality to it even the ones that go wrong; I like to call those happy accidents. What I love the most however about The Impossible project, is the determination of Florian Kaps, Andre Bosman, and Christian Lutz (the founders), to not allow the extinction of analogue instant photography. They've created a film that can stop thousands of cameras just sitting around becoming useless and obsolete. They've invented a whole new way of photography which like many others I'm thankful for. After all they did make the impossible possible.

Today's Playlist: OUT OF THE BLUE // Julian Casablancas, SLOW ANIMALS // The Strokes, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT // Miles Kane, I WISH I WAS A GIRL // The Vaccines, FULL CIRCLE // Half Moon Run, and GROW OLD WITH ME // Tom Odell.