Friday, July 15, 2016

The Impossible Project Pop-Up Shop at Rare Device

THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT
POP-UP SHOP AT RARE DEVICE
600 Divisadero Street
San Francisco CA 94117
July 15-25, 2016

EMULSION LIFT WORKSHOP
Drop-In / Free and All Ages
Saturday July 16, 12pm-6pm

Divisadero shop, Rare Device, will host THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT for a Pop-Up Shop from July 15-25. Rare Device will have a full range of 600 SERIES Polaroid cameras on display, as well as the newly released fantastic I-1 which captures your mobile phone pics and outputs to instant film! Cameras, film and accessories will be for purchase. 

On Saturday, July 16 from 12pm-6pm, come by for a drop-in EMULSION LIFT WORKSHOP. There will be demos of the I-1, Instant Lab and all films available, and the opportunity to transfer images from the print to paper too. Come by to try the creative techniques available with analog film, and the capabilities of the Polaroid range and the new Impossible line up.

The Impossible Project Pop-Up Shop at Rare Device runs from Friday, July 15 through Monday, July 25 at Rare Device on Divisadero Street. This pop-up shop will be available in-store only. We will not be selling Impossible Project items online. 
Read more below.


About The Impossible Project:

"When Polaroid announced the end of instant film in 2008, Impossible stepped in to buy the last remaining factory, days before it closed down. The machines had been dismantled, there were no formulas to follow and the supply chain had already been destroyed. If we wanted to keep instant photography alive, we had to reinvent instant film from scratch. Eight years later, with the help of some incredible chemists, engineers and photographers, we’re the only people in the world who make original format instant film. We make film in both color and black and white, for Polaroid 600-type, SX-70 and Image/Spectra cameras, as well as large format 8x10 film. We also refurbish classic Polaroid cameras so they’re as good as new, and have introduced our own new range of Impossible cameras. We believe in making real photos. Photos with a life after the shutter clicks. Photos that develop in the palm of your hand, ready to pin to the wall or give to a friend. That’s why we’ve spent eight years working on our film formula. It’s why we’re reinventing analog instant photography in a digital world." 

About the I-1:

The I-1 is the first new camera system in over 20 years for the original instant format. It’s an easy to use point and shoot instant camera, with a variety of unique and innovative features designed to take your photography further. Works with Impossible I-type and 600 type film. The I-1’s uniquely designed ring flash provides a diffused light that’s perfect for portraits. You can also connect your iPhone with the camera to experiment with creative tools like light painting, double exposure and more. This is the only instant camera that lets you take full photographic control of aperture and shutter speed, using the I-1 App’s manual mode. The I-1 is analog instant photography reinvented for the digital age.






For more information, please visit raredevice.net or check out the Facebook event page. You can find out more about The Impossible project at https://us.impossible-project.com/.  The Impossible Project Pop-Up at Rare Device runs from Friday, July 15 1 to Monday, July 25. The Saturday July 16 Emulsion Lift workshop is 12pm-6pm, and it is free and open to the public. Rare Device (Divisadero) is located at 600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117. The store is open seven days a week: Mon-Fri 12pm-8pm, Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm. You can email questions to info@raredevice.net or call 415.863.3969.