[CONTEST] Win a Polaroid 300 Camera
(Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Photo Credit: Brad Klemmer)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Home”
The Polaroid Team was out at the Virgin Free Fest in Columbia, Maryland last month where they were (likely) basking in the sun and (definitely) snapping up shots using the new Polaroid 300 Instant Camera. How did they turn out? Take a gander for yourself.
(Yeasayer, Photo Credit: Brad Klemmer)
Yeasayer “One”
Yeasayer “Ambling Alp”
Yeasayer “Madder Red (The Golden Filter remix)”
Pretty cool, eh?
As luck would have it you too now have the chance to get your hands on one of these beauties, along with a pack of film to get you on your way. To enter, simply leave a comment about what you’d like to take a photo of if you win the Polaroid Camera. Be it your friend’s mom, the dead bird out behind your garage, or a random shadow (because abstract is really the only way to go when creating art), it’s entirely up to you. Just leave a comment and make sure to use a *real* email address in the event you’re chosen as the winner. That’s it. One entrant will be chosen at random sometime on Friday (October 22) in the afternoon. Why is there no specific time set for the contest to end? Because like art, there’s really no way to run a contest, except within the realm of the abstract. Best of luck, y’all.
[Hey international homies, The Man has opened this contest up to entrants around the world... so get in on this!]
Contest is over and the lucky winner is Zoe Marie Shepherd. Thank you to all who entered for checking out the site!
I’d like to take a picture of my random adventures with special friends. I love to have a camera with me anyway, but having one that’s instantly producing pics would have the throwback effect of the olden days and well, how can you not beat that?
i’d photograph one (or more of the following): Starlight, Bars of Soap, Typewriters, Glass Bottles, Bells, Laughter, Hardwood Floors, Black Beans, Ashtrays, Freeways, Hidden Keys, Stucco, Pico Blvd
I’d take a picture of the minneapolis skyline at sunset because it never ceases to make my jaw drop. Love this damn city.
I would take a series of photos from the inside of a birdcage looking out at a household to show us what we look like through the eyes of a small animal.
i’d take pictures of various pinatas
I would take artistic photos of cattle.
I’d take pictures of my new home so my luddite Mom could see that I don’t live next to a crack house. She’s a worrier.
I would like to take a picture of my family when we are finally all together at Christmas.
I would take pictures of the food in my cupboards and my awful neighbors.
I would take a photo of my bedroom’s reflection in the round, brass bracket that holds my ceiling fan to the roof.
I would photograph friends and family. After all, smiles seem to get a little bigger when a Polaroid is around.
I would love to take Poloroid pictures of canal houses in Amsterdam. Then I would pin up a string on my wall and clip the photos to it so that I can always pretend I am in Amsterdam.
Are you going to give away any preparation h to go with the ‘roid?
I would take a picture of picture thats showing a picture of an picture.
I’d take pictures of the gloaming of the fossil fuel economy.
I would take a picture of the vase of flowers that has been on a window of a building, close to London Bridge. Each time I pass there, in my red double decker bus, I see it there, never fading, and each time I think “One day, that flower and that window will be forever kept in physical memory”.
I´ll take a photo of my old polaroid, and other analog but not instant cameras and viceversa.
I would take polaroids of vintage clothing, accessories and furniture.
I would take a picture of the box of my new polaroid
I’d take my wedding pictures! I want one pleaseeeeee!
I would use up an entire cartridge of film photographing my friends, family, and randoms riding bikes.
Halloween is a very serious time for my friends. The costumes will be flamboyant and the acting will be in full force. I would love nothing better than to capture everyone in their hilarious/serious/ridiculous/amazing costumes with my old Polaroid camera, but I can’t buy film for it anymore. So… I would love a Polaroid 300 and would use it to document adventures like an extravagant Halloween!
i would take a picture of everyone i met and write their name on the bottom so i never forget them.
I would take pictures of the little things in life; the everyday small moments that string together to make unforgettable memories.
Just my daily life, because I seem to see things clearer in a polaroid than in a mirror
I’d like to take polaroid photos of people and their SHOES. Shoes know a lot and tell a lot about people who wear them. ^^
I would go out and find a shopping trolley and shot from within it rolling down a hill…
that would be bloody well amazing. i would probably wind up taking pictures of the inside of my oven or something, cause that’s how i roll.
My daily life, because I understand it better seen in a polaroid than in a mirror
I would take a photo of our future robot overlords. Hopefully they’ll like the picture and keep me alive as the official robot society photographer.
I would take a picture of anything awesome that comes up in life! Having a small, portable camera is a great way to capture the moment and to have a physical copy of the memory.
i’d take pictures of random people who happen to walk by in front of my front porch
I would take polaroids of vintage clothing, accessories, furniture, etc.
I´d take pictures from beautiful skies, shot from the rooftops of abandoned houses /
An umbrella.
i’d like to take a picture of that male stunning smile i got to know. it just filled the place with heartbeats and sunshine.
i’d like to catch that.. it was awesome!
but also of my parents, when they play music together.
and my grandmother, when she laughs.
I would take photos of anything or anyone I’d want to remember and stick them on a journal and/or spread them around my room. :p
I’d love to bring my camera with me and drive my car to unseen places. I think the most beautiful pics come from new sensations and feelings.
I have an ongoing series of Photos I ususally take with my Iphone called, “Everywhere A Sign” Often I see things that just stop me in my tracks: from Bumper stickers to stark reminders on living and life and spirit. Motivational messages and reminders of love and joy. I’d take pictures of these uplifting messages I see, and I’d share them with a wider audience. I’d post them on my blog and on my facebook.
I’d take one picture of my son a day!
If I was to get one of these new polaroids I’d take shots of my studio space every few weeks so I remember it as it develops and changes.
if i had a polaroid i would get all of my best friends and make them spell the word peace with they’re arms by the sunlight then take a picture of they’re shadow…
I’d take pictures of people and their chap sticks…everybody is using lip balm!
I would take a picture with the band MGMT next week in Miami and/or with Skrillex in a couple months and have them autograph it for me afterwards! Sweet!!!
I would photograph the things that I find beauty in when no one else does. I would prove that there really, honestly is beauty in everything and everyone. Not just the girl who’s a model or the most beautiful flower, but also the overweight girl and the dead weed. Anything from creative rooms to creative people.
What do I do with all my old 600 Cameras, that are no longer good, even the life time warranty is no good, on them ?
I’d like to take a photo of whatever and whomever inspires me when camera is in hand… there’s no way of telling who or what that is yet, keeping it in the “realm of abstract”
I would like to make a photo to a storm, a thunderstorm , a lightning.
I would take a photograph of my husband learning to play the guitar, get it blown up and put it in my art studio and no doubt feel creatively inspired.
i’d take pictures of bushes
I would take a bunch of pictures of my grandma wearing her best clothes. She is 86 years old and i just wanna take polaroids of her to be sure that i can hold her forever in my hand.
I’d take a photo of me and my friends in everyday situations that’ll seem totally foreign some far away day.
i would take a picture of myself before and after i dye my hair! =D
i would love to take a picture of the beach with my best friend, my brothers and one of his friends (who is totally handsome
) there, just dancing, walking and looking at me (respectively). you know just the people that i absolutly love! and the one that i like! haha
You, you… and you. And that. And over there… up high, higher, a little more. And from below, way down there. And I could catch you when you’re laughing, really hard. I bet that would be fun.
I would take a picture in a hall of mirrors so there will be a thousand polaroid camara’s in one photo, pure love! <3
I would take pictures of wine bottles.
I would take a picture of a rock band in stage, but a bunch of pictures, so to make a panoramic-fisheye-like picture, like the ones I’ve been developed with some friends (you can check it out at my “art-blog”)
Just using the Polaroid to start some new material and to put in practice some new ideas I have in mind!
I love steet art. If I had a polaroid camera I would photograh every message, stencil or (good, artistic) graffiti in my town witch is Lisbon. I wold like to catlog all urban artistic manifestations of my beloved Lisbon!
I’d like to try taking Shakey Face pictures with a Polaroid camera and see how they came out (see website for my current shakey face collection).
I’d try to take abstract pictures of the life that surrounds us all.
I would like to take pictures on the Light Rail in Arizona where I live. It’s just like all the other states that have a public trasportation like New York, San Francisco, Chicago but it’s Arizona and no one ever gets to see the unique side of Arizona just Cactus’s, Roadrunners and “illegal immigrants” and I want to show everyone there is much more to Arizona then that and the Light Rail is where it’s at. It goes from Mesa through ghettos in Phoenix and through our art district an ending at another ghetto which is always a great experience. So with that said, LET ME GET THAT CAMERA
my friend has decided to dress up as a sandwich for a day
would be splendid if could document people’s expressions when they see him walk into their view.
For the past 6 days, a dead baby opossum has shown up on my back porch. I have been documenting it with my iphone, but would LOVE to tackle this bizarre experience with my new Polaroid!
I would use my polaroid to take pictures of my awesome girlfriend when we’re having our delicious dinners in the deep forest of Sweden (where we live).
i’d take pic of my dust ridden study table.
i would photo stuff and things.
I’d like to photo a series of polaroids that together make one story. Kind of like a comic book.
I would like to take a picture of whatever it is that I find interesting while strolling in New York City. I live in place where I happen to experience all four seasons that nature has to offer and where there are variety of cultures everywhere you turn. This city never sleeps so there is actually an unlimited amount of possibilities to capture.
I would take a picture of the person I love. Then hold that picture to my heart. It’s lame, but this is what I’ll do first. Other than that, I’ll take pictures of all the special moments and adventures I share with my friends and family. I’ll use this camera to make memories
I would take photos of people doing natural things and animals.
…one scene, one hundred photos, one hundred objects. 300
I’d like to take photos of atmospheres.
I love photography and I’ve dreamt to have a Polaroid for years…
It’s a perfect way to live photography and love it
as a tool to collect something…
My something, that I want to collect, as I wrote above.. is atmospheres.
They can impress in our mind something so special
to make us imaging everything’s possible and impossible.
Nothing else. (:
I am constantly seeing gorgeous textures and patterns everywhere I look. I want to document all of them and somehow blend them to create art you want to touch and immerse yourself in.
i would take creeper pictures of my little brother because he does some crazy stuff when nobody is around.
I’d take a photos of my dog dressed in cute, vintage glasses. Then I’d give away it to my friends wallets.
if i get one i would make love to her..
yes, the 300 is a girl!
mushrooooms, the big ones, the small ones, the faded ones, the coloured ones, the bizarre ones, the umrella-like ones, the brain-lookalike ones, …. mushrooms!
I would like to take a self portait, of myself when I visit New York or the first time in summer. It is going to be summery and bright. The image would be so perfect. Near the Staute of Liberty.
…lots and lots of photos of Venice this summer.s&C
I’d take photos of my kitchenwall, where all my good friends wrote and painted diffrent things, so that I could record our youth.
There is a tremendous amount of possibilities, which I cannot evden
There is a tremendous amount of possibilities, which I cannot even begin to choose from because I’d probably be crying or peeing my pants if I were to win.
I’d like to take a pic of my carpet!
I would take the most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious polaroid pic ever if only i’d get a chance & win the contest!!!
i would take a picture of my friends and i frolicking… because frolicking is the best thing. ever.
I love big cities. I love the fast-paced nature of it all. I live near San Francisco and everyone knows how photogenic that city is. I’m also planning to go to France in the near future. I really would love a Polaroid, I think it’s an item that everyone should have on hand. -crosses fingers-
If I were to win a polariod camera, i’d love to take pictures of the houston college scene and nightlife in the surrounding places of houston.
I’d like to photo-document my 365 days with a photo of something significant each day.
I’d just love to photography the random things that are significant in my life.
Peace & Love,
Jaz’
i would take a picture of the world outside my office’s windows….it’s great…
Probably take one of huge electrical towers, forests, or pocahontas lost in modern day civilization. Somethin’ like that…
I’d like to take a picture of a girl whose head is like the full moon.
I’d head out on a beautiful spring day, like today, and photograph my favorite season
I got a polaroid to take fotos of my nephews and nieces, I would like them to take each others fotos and then come up with a Christmas card for their parents especially those abroad. A new polaroid for me means I can leave my old one to them to have fun with while I embark on my project with the “life and times of Filipino migrant workers”.
You know, I’d probably photograph something intimate. This always makes people a little uncomfortable when displayed in a gallery, I like when that happens. Well, I’ll have to keep it semi-PG.
pictures of everything that is heart shaped <3
…the best photopola is always the next one
…the best girl is always the next one
…my next photopolagirl is the best
I’d take pictures of all the things and people I would like to have around if I’d have to leave the planet within 2 hours. adrenaline!
I would take my flatmates making fun with our new babydolls house we’ve just found in the street in West London!!! Or a red umbrella I see in the street…
I would takes photos of anything and everything that inspires me
I would like to immortalize my new pet puppy (hopefully it will grow into a dog)in a photograph using the Polaroid 300 Instant Camera. For the past 8 months, I had 3 puppies but died one after another due to sickness. Unfortunately, I have no souvenirs from them.
I’d take photos of everyone without a Polaroid. Then I’d take a picture of me laughing with pure joy at their misfortune.
Sigh. Maybe one day.
I would take a picture of my husband throwing a fish!
rays of sunlight on my mosaic kitchen floor.. yeap, that’s it!
I’d take photos of the foods I enjoy eating and the people I love spending time with.
i’d like to take a photo of the last green tree here in berlin. fall is comming and I need a sweet memory of my very first, wonderfull summer in this amazing city, that I can carry with me through the cold, grey months until spring comes finally
I’d tak e polaroids of people that have their heads in my machine for mugshots, go!
I would photograph the world through my eyes. It could literally be anything, because everything is beautiful.
I would take a the Norwest cloud arch at sunset that appears over the mountains where I live when the winds blows right. Makes for an awesome sight. As well as random pics of anything and everything.
I would like to carry it with me, take anything/anyone around me(with different angle of views) to record my life. Also to explore, I can always find surprises from these photos
I will take a picture of my friends shooting their new music video
I’d love to be able to take pictures of people doing good things for others and then giving them the picture immediately! Little things mean a lot…
I would use th film to take a pic of each person that ever come into my house for the first time and then get them to write a caption underneath and paste it on cork board displayed in the lounge…
I would take a photo of my girl,as she makes my world swirl and twirl telling me to enter this contest.
I think I’d start with my other Polaroid cameras as subjects…
I’d like to take a picture of my friend’s graduation!
I would take pictures of my old Polaroid cameras (I have six of them ranging from old roll film to pack film to sx70 to Spectra 600)
i’d love to take a picture of my father’s old, now-defunct polaroid camera.
I would want to explore my New school meets old school sides by taking polaroids of 20th century objects… At also use it when I hang out with freinds ….lol
i would take pictures of random people doing whatever they find silly/fun/crazy.
I want to take a picture of a picture of a picture of the camera.
please.
“we don’t remember days, but we remember moments” (Cesare Pavese)
if I were to have a Polaroid, I’d be able to grasp every opportunity to capture and share the moments that may only occur once in a lifetime. I’d capture shots of the people who’ve made an impact in my life, small or great, who’ve made my life wonderful and beautiful. I’d then capture the little things that people often take for granted in which I think are the best things in life.
I apologise for being vague, but if I were to have this camera, only then I’d be able to share what I capture to the world.
i would instantly take a picture of every moment
This is truly magical the art that can be created with these instant photos I can be the new Wharol!
1. Take photos of my old Polaroid cameras. They are my babies that I can’t get film for anymore. They need to be honored with instant photos of their own.
2. Take photos of my chucks….my other babies
3. Take everyday photos because -LIfe in POLAROID is just more fun!!!-
Peace
I would take pictures of my friends wearing strange and scaring costumes for the Halloween night!
If I won a polaroid camera the first picture I’d take would be of myself, haha, with the huuuuuge grin and excitement of having won something, gotta capture THAT moment. Then I’d take pictures of my life, take pictures to remember moments, happenings and well, take pictures for what pictures are for – to be able to look back and go “hey, remember when we did that, and oh, look at him remember him..” etc.
I would take pictures of Dubliners on bikes. I have been thinking about this project for 6 months.
I would take pictures of old farm tractors standing around.
If I won a POLAROID CAMERA, I would introduce a significant amount of COOLNESS to my school portfolio. I’m working on a photography book and so far it’s very serious and artistic but in my humble opinion needs more fun and colour. I’m thinking ketchup… lipstick… my left sock… I’m dying to take some abstract polaroids, invent a serious interpretation and put them in the book to see the reaction of my snobbish, arrogant, supercilious professors who think art is only photographing old people in black & white. Oh please, please, please let me do it!
Confetti and Bicycles. Dream about Polaroid <3
I would take pictures of people’s smile, the most obsessed beauty that I keep finding it attractive. My mom’s smile when I graduated. My dad’s smile when saw me playing with a kite. My whole family’s smile when we took my graduated picture, and when I came back home for summer break. My friends’ smile when I told them a joke, and my lover’s smile when I kiss her. I want to capture all of these, put them in an album, and let it lift me up when I’m really down. Thanks ^.^
I love Volkswagen so I would use it to photograph Volkswagen… in whole and there close details making mini Volkswagen Art…
I’d take pictures of simple things that make me the happiest in life, random objects that inspire and the people that I know that make me smile whenever I see there faces
I would then stick them all over my room so whenever i feel sad or lonely or unloved ill look at these pictures reminding me of what i have and that i have so much to be grateful for, instantly brightening my mood! 
I’d like to capture all things that vanish – just like the magic of instant photography!
I would like to take portraits of me and friends and the people I meet on modeling adventures, and when I go camping…. Lots of inappropriate photos, too, because I wouldn’t have to go to a porn shop to get them processed. ;]
I would like to take pictures of … my hands. Because I love them.
I would love to document my daily awesomeness in Polaroid form. Instant awesome documentation….amazing.
I’d like to capture something – whatever – in different moments (morning,afternoon,evening,night), the way light changes, this fascinate me.
i would take pictures of pictures of pictures, amen.
I will snap pictures of my friends and family ((: & stick them up my wall.. haha
i would take a picture of all my friends
I’d like to take pictures of things in the cemetery across from my house, my dog, and do double exposures.
i would take pictures of old crumbly buildings. and graffiti. definitely graffiti.
Of my apartment. I’m living together for the first time with my biggest love and that’s a moment I should capture.
I would like to win this camera to take a picture of my worse camera.
If I won, I would mostly take picture of my family and friends. Taking pictures and having them instantly is a great way to share the moment with other. Giving a picture is like giving a memory, they’ll remember how much fun with had. I want them to cherish the moment with me.
I would take a polaroid of the neighbourhood park I walk through every morning. I’m leaving it behind soon to move back home.
I’d take a picture of my face after a working day, and it would be the scariest thing you’ve ever seen.
I would take many pictures of my own personal ‘fractals’, repeated patterns, simple or complicated, happy or sad, that construct my life: objects, people or images – stills or dynamic pictures. More info on roughness and fractals here:
http://www.clicker.com/web/ted-talks/Benoit-Mandelbrot-Fractals-and-the-art-of-roughness-978446/
With my polaroid I would take lots of photos of my new schoolmates!
I would take pictures of everyday life.
From my cup of coffee in the morning, to the subway ride downtown, to the outside of my house at sundown.
We often neglect things that we see everyday, but I like to remember and capture their beauty.
what about the fingers of my loves on the breakfast table
i’d take it to the hallowe’en ball next week and get someone to take a shot of me and my bitches (we’re going as kiss)
a combination of things…
my cat [if i'm lucky enough to get the shots], the hennepin canal and mississippi river area, local graveyards…
Realistically, the first picture I would take, would be of the ground (we all do that when we get a new camera just to check that it works!)
I’d take that camera everywhere! I’d photography everything!
The best thing about a polaroid is the tactile gift….something we’ve lost in the digital age.
There’s something liberating about not being able to manipulate these pictures…..not being able to pick, choose, delete.
A true memory
I would definately take photos of my beloved family and pin the lovely photos up on my wall. I would take photos of my dog running in my backyard, so artsy!<3 Polaroids are the love!<3<3
pix of the winterwonderland..
I would like to take photos of food!! the unlimited blue skies and my pet rabbit!
the birds flying over navarinu square..and a dandelion..definitely a dandelion..
I would take photos of my organization Women Against Rape and Sexual Assault on my campus and post them in our office so everyone can see all the events we put together and community service we participate in; in the Hartford,CT community.
I’d Take pics of my cute son, bad roads of Bangalore, Metro constructions etc.,
I’d like to take a picture of my little indian(brother) hunting for some sweets, his pet – rat Korneliusz and a wigwam standing in his room. (and sorry for my english mistakes:))
I would take pictures of my friends chillin’, because there’s nothing funnier, sweeter, more dramatic, or more real than them.
Strangers.
I’d like to take a picture of the City Streets here in London. And I can’t wait to go on my Europe Adventure this Summer 2011. But all I need is a polaroid to make it a wonderful and exciting journey.
what do i think?
i think you should give me a job as a photographer and send me a new polaroid 300…
yours the poverty stricken one
jonathan p sutcliffe
p.s. is the polaroid 300 worth the dollars? or would you go for a different model?