the impossible project

With Polaroid foolishly turning their backs on instant film in favour of digital cameras, someone surely had to take up some of the analogue slack? Luckily then, The Impossible Project stepped up to the plate (a baseball metaphor, yes really) and in early 2010 started the painstaking task of coming up with new recipes and chemical processes for the beloved instant pictures. 
I bought a couple of packs of the very first 'flush' of film, hot of the production line - customers were warned of its unpredictable nature and uncertain results. Just one foible of the new PX600 film (for SX70s) was its incredible sensitivity to light after being ejected. Users had to fashion clever ways to shield the newborn pictures from light until they were old enough to be set free! 
Here are my first three pictures:

Not only is this film unstable, quirky, frustrating and unpredictable, it's also very expensive. That said, it's also beautiful, unique, challenging (in a good way) and a positive step in the right direction for Impossible. I am hopeful for the future of instant photography. bon.