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Electronic Instant Camera by Niklas Roy

Niklas Roy's newest project is the Electronic Instant Camera, which is a combination of a Polaroid and digital camera, printing black & white photos instantly on receipt paper.

Here's what the camera looks like:


Here's what the prints look like:



And here's the camera in action:

Via Today and Tomorrow

Develop film with Vitamin C & Coffee

If you are ever in need of a quick fix film developing process, Matt Richardson has a solution for you (as originally proposed by Photojojo): use Vitamin C & Coffee.

Via Laughing Squid

Pier 24: Exclusive Photography Center

Everywhere Mag has a nice write up on San Francisco's own Pier 24. The gallery, owned by wealthy investment banker Andy Pilara, only allows 60 people to visit on any given day. Pilara, who pays for all expenses out of pocket, wants visitors to have an intimate experience while viewing the photography.

Vivian Maier: Amateur Street Photographer Extraordinaire

Recently discovered street photographer Vivian Maier has some 100,000 photographs to her name. She shot from the 1950s-1990s, mostly in Chicago and mostly with a Rolleiflex camera. John Maloof, a real estate agent who discovered her photographs, keeps a blog where he posts her photos. There is currently a Kickstarter campaign to fund a feature-length documentary about her life and work.

Maier, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 83, was an intensely private person who wouldn't show her pictures to anyone, hence why they were not unearthed until now.



Also, check out this video about her Jeff posted.

Via mental_floss.

Black and White to Color

mental_floss has a great article on the process of colorizing black and white films, and why it happened in the first place.

"Studio photographs of productions and romps through studio costume shops often helped determine what color a prop or costume really was. If those methods failed, technicians could fall back on coloring items at their own discretion. As you might expect, this process wasn’t cheap; it set producers back upwards of $3,000 per minute of film."

Found Negatives

As a favor I scanned some negatives for her grandparents. I thought it would be interesting to see what would turn up. This is my favorite picture of the bunch. There is a connection between the photographer and the woman standing in the middle. I like the composition alot. This leaves alot of questions in the air and love of wonderful history.. I love all things retro..

Photo History: Henry Fox Talbot's "The Pencil of Nature"

The Pencil of Nature by Henry Fox Talbot, the first commercially produced photo book (originally published in 1844), can now be downloaded as a PDF thanks to Project Gutenberg.

Via I Heart Photograph

Rare Civil War Era Portraits

The Library of Congress has a new Flickr set consisting of nearly 700 photos from the Civil War era. Collected by the Liljenquist family over a period of (I imagine) several years, the photos show insights to the variety of both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Via Mental_Floss.

LIFE + Google = History on the Internet

Since 2008, Life has been working with Google to release their complete photo archives in a digital context, making them available on Google Images. The process is slow, but steady. Recently released images include a collection of the JFK presidency. It is exciting to think about how this availability of history will continue to enrich the lives of those who would otherwise not be able to access it.

Via Mental_Floss

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A series I did in the summer time I believe...Alison, correct me if I'm wrong.