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June 18, 2008
Never-ending Polaroid
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shimala
shimala on Jun 18 '08
So sweet!
J-Ray
J-Ray on Jun 18 '08
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Phiffer
Phiffer on Jun 18 '08
oh shit
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Jun 18 '08
bob rules
farflung
   farflung on Jun 18 '08
great idea! can't wait to see them all online
danrule
   danrule on Jun 18 '08
great concept Bob
goldensara
goldensara on Jun 18 '08
nice! it looks awesome!
NomadSlim
   NomadSlim on Jun 18 '08
Polaroids are awesome... aren't they quitting making it for the U.S.? If so this is like a time capsule of the good 'ol days.
shirtflirt
shirtflirt on Jun 18 '08
dude you must be super rich
professorE
professorE on Jun 18 '08
I was going to mention how much money must be tied up in the film on this project...
shakethesheets
shakethesheets on Jun 18 '08
that looks wicked neat
the_napoleon
the_napoleon on Jun 18 '08
Awesome idea, oh and Nomad, I heard that some people are trying to get some other company to make them. Here is their website www.savepolaroid.com.
jstumpenhorst
   jstumpenhorst on Jun 18 '08
this show was great!!
DaniellesGarden
   DaniellesGarden on Jun 18 '08
very neat.. I really like how it connects all these seemingly random people together with Bob as the common factor among them all.
ir0cko
   ir0cko on Jun 18 '08
awesome! can't wait to see them.
alvarejo
   alvarejo on Jun 18 '08
great idea!
speedyjvw
   speedyjvw on Jun 18 '08
hey im in it!
littlem
littlem on Jun 18 '08
fantasmagorical!
really!!
shimala
shimala on Jun 19 '08
cripes, I just noticed two blunders and it's not easy to see the close up roid pans.
SteveOramA
SteveOramA on Jun 19 '08
that's a lot of pictures! great job of making them all straight on the wall.
olie!
   olie! on Jun 19 '08
that is a pretty cool idea.
snaggle tooth
snaggle tooth on Jun 19 '08
beautiful
snaggle tooth
snaggle tooth on Jun 19 '08
what's the song in the background?
sonmi
   sonmi on Jun 19 '08
awesome!

are the polaroids in order of being taken? like, is the main person in the polaroid the one who shows up in the mini polaroid in the next picture...?
BaronVonMonkey
   BaronVonMonkey on Jun 19 '08
Such a wonderful idea, everyone you meet being looped together in a never-ending chain. Brilliant
speedyjvw
   speedyjvw on Jun 19 '08
yeah julia, its pretty cool going through all the pictures
lunchboxbrain
lunchboxbrain on Jun 19 '08
awesome concept
TimScribble
TimScribble on Jun 19 '08
That's really cool. We are thinking of bringing this concept to our youth department, everytime we have someone new come in, we can add them to the wall. Very cool idea Bob.
BNannas
BNannas on Jun 19 '08
Thanks everybody! I took 7 more this past weekend at the cake party. I wanted to take more but... you're right, Polaroid has discontinued this film that I use. Hopefully someone else will start making this higher quality instant film... or else I'll just have to figure out another way to keep this thing going...
littlem
littlem on Jun 19 '08
bob, you should look on ebay for the film
snaggle tooth
snaggle tooth on Jun 19 '08
you can get it at target...
snaggle tooth
snaggle tooth on Jun 19 '08
what's the song playing?
littlem
littlem on Jun 19 '08
you can get it at target? the same kind that bob uses?
abeadle
   abeadle on Jun 19 '08
looks awesome and yay hey mercedes song!
Malcolm Man
Malcolm Man on Jun 19 '08
coolsy. Polaroids are like a buck each.

That's like...a lot of money.
brightfever
brightfever on Jun 21 '08
omg that so fucking cool.
no thats like.. A SHETLOAD OF MONEY. |:
BNannas
BNannas on Jun 22 '08
Well, spread over 7 years, it lessens the monetary blow.

Sucks that now the film is even MORE expensive. Just bought 100 exposures on ebay so this'll go on a little while longer!
0Jim0
   0Jim0 on Jun 23 '08
thats pretty awesome.
DYurchuk
DYurchuk on Jun 23 '08
Love your project. Yeah, there's something special about a polaroid and I think you've captured it in your work. Good luck!
TheDood
TheDood on Jun 23 '08
There's a childrens book called "Flotsam" based on that idea...awesome book even for adults. It won the Caldecott medal too.
The.Hush.Kat
The.Hush.Kat on Jun 23 '08
hella wickedly sweetly sick.
6 days later
captainveee
captainveee on Jun 30 '08
Bob - you could buy a really small portable photo printer and snap using digital from now on...slightly slower but almost instant!

You should look into something called Deep Zoom that Microsoft is creating - it could be perfect for the website.
185 days later
BNannas
BNannas on Jan 02 '09
Heya! I finally started scanning and posting all of the Polaroids! Woohoo! Check em out! Expect about 2 or so a day. At that rate, they should all be up by Dec 31 2009.

neverendingpolaroid.com
jess4002
jess4002 on Jan 02 '09
sweet!
yeohgh
   yeohgh on Jan 02 '09
awesomeeeee!!! keep it rolling!!!!bob
ratkiss
   ratkiss on Jan 02 '09
Great!
831 days later
Robsoul
   Robsoul on Apr 14 '11
Wow, never saw this until I found the link on That's Dope. Awesome project.
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