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Polaroid appears to be the next brand of film to go extinct, the company having just announced plans to completely shut down all of its film-making facilities. It seems they are hoping another company will license the technology to continue producing the film for the devoted (hint hint Lomography).

Kodak was the last big name extinction, an event that British artist Tacita Dean captured on, well, film, documenting the final runs of celluloid at the factory, for which she won the prestigious Hugo Boss art award in 2006.

Update:  Turns out there’s a whole site/movement dedicated to saving Polaroid

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