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Polapalz!

I'm sure most of you have already caught wind of the Polaroid Corp's decision to discontinue the manufacturing of instant film and cameras.

Some friends and I got together and lit candles around our treasured SX-70s, Land Cameras, Prontos, Spectras, and Classic 600 Polaroids unable to cope with the idea that in the near future they could all very well be considered obsolete, a thing of the past, basically "trash".
_{ok maybe we didn't really do that but we all wanted to, so the intention was there.}

The bad news spread fast across indie blogs and photo sites, ^equivoque has done a great job keeping the dA community up to speed and continues to do so here: [link]

Polaroid is seeking a partner to acquire licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another firm will continue making the film to supply Polaroid enthusiasts.

Please sign the petition! [link]

We, the artists and photographers whose work relies on Polaroid instant film types and cameras, have recently had our preferred artistic media taken away from us. In a recent article we learned that Polaroid is, in fact, interested in licensing its technology so that some other interested party may continue the manufacture of its instant film types. In particular, we are targeting Fujifilm, which seems like the most likely candidate, though we would be glad to present this petition to other interested parties. This is an art form which should not yet die. Please, sign to help keep the instant film types available to artists and photographers!

Repost, link, forward, go spammer crazy getting this information out. This is an opportunity to SAVE AN ART FORM! Infect!
_{I'll be keeping an eye on my watch list to see if any of you take the initiative}