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CONTEST | THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO | BLUR MAGAZINE

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CONTEST | THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO | BLUR MAGAZINE

The company of Polaroid stopped producing the instant film in June 2008, and the expiry date of the last films produced is 9 Oct 2009. After this, it will no longer be possible to purchase instant film – and Polaroid photography would thus be dead and gone forever.

But there is hope – The Impossible Project will launch new instant film materials in 2010. In the beginning of 2010, they will present a b&w analogue integral film for all SX70 and 600 camera models, and colour film will follow in summer, and by the end of 2010 they will bring Image film for Spectra cameras back.

To support this special photographic and artistic moment, Blur magazine, in collaboration with the Impossible Project, is organizing a big international contest of analogue instant photography under the name THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO.

The panel, consisting of leading team members of the Impossible Project and Blur magazine, will select 30 best photographs. These will be presented on the website of Blur, where readers can vote for the BEST POLAROID PHOTO. The five selected photographers will be awarded with attractive prizes, courtesy of the Impossible Project, and the best 30 photographs will be displayed in an exhibition in Zagreb.

CONTEST THEME | THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO
There is a certain secret relation between photographer and his/her instant analogue camera, a strong emotional and sentimental devotion. Therefore, we don’t want to limit you with any theme. Instead, we want you to send us your favourite Polaroid photograph, the one you feel mostly attached to, the photograph you believe could win the title of THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO.

Given that Polaroid photographs are so unique, and the authors so attached to their work, you don’t have to send your original photographs, but scanned versions in web resolution. In case your photograph enters the 30 best according to the panel, we will contact you directly so that you send us your photo in high print resolution in order to be exhibited and published in all related promotional materials.

IMPORTANT: You should send only scanned version of real, original polaroid photography. Photographs created with computer programs will not be accepted.

The competition is free of charge and open to all photographers, professional ones and amateur ones.
Each photographer can participate with 1 photograph maximum.


PRIZES | THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO
.For the best 5 photos, selected by the readers:

1.prize: Polaroid camera SX-70 Sonar OneStep + 2 Instant Film packs
2.prize: Polaroid 600 Once Classic camera + 2 Instant Film packs
3.prize: 3 Instant Film packs
4.prize: 2 x The Impossible Project T-Shirt (M or F)
The best 30 photographs, selected by the panel, will be exhibited in:

■the exhibition THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO in Zagreb in 2010
■special Blur magazine edition on the exhibition

CONTEST TIMELINE | THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO
01.12.2009. – Official start of the contest
10.02.2010. – Photo submission deadline
20.02.2010. – Panel decision
01.03.2010. – Publication of the best 30 photographs on Blur web page and inside Blur magazine. Start of the voting process of the readers
01.05.2010. – publication of the best 5 photographs, selected by the readers

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS | THE BEST POLAROID PHOTO
Photographs must be scanned and sent in web resolution 72 dpi, 1000 pixels, Jpeg format


*IMPOSSIBLE project*

*BLUR   m a g a z i n e*

Contact person for all questions concerning the contest:

Ivana Krnjić

ivana.krnjic@blur-magazine.com
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BLUR MAGAZINE Issue No 15

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BLUR MAGAZINE



BLUR HISTORY

Blur magazine is project founded and run by
photography enthusiasts, and volunteers from
all parts of Croatia. Aiming at achieving high
quality content, the magazine is published
quarterly in PDF format so it can easily be
downloaded, saved and browsed through every
now and then. It is available through the
Internet exclusively, in order to avoid high
cost distribution fees, break territorial
borders and reach every single part of the
Earth, free of charge. It is because of its
cosmopolitan nature that Blur is edited
simultaneously in Croatian and English.
Though initially established under the
name of Bulb at the close of 2007, in
September 2009, it changed its editorial
board, refreshed its team of collaborators
and, using a bit more 'blurry’ name,
Blur now heads for new challenges.

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Polaroid re-positioned itself from an analog
Instant Film Production Company to a global
Consumer Electronics and Digital Imaging company,
with new high quality mass products. Shutting
down factories in Mexico and Netherlands in
June 2008, production of integral Polaroid
film was globally stopped.

In October 2008, the company of Impossible
B.V. founded  the ‘Impossible project’ and
acquired the complete production plant in
Enschede (Netherlands). They engaged the
most experienced team of Integral Film
experts worldwide, aiming to re-invent and
re-produce analog instant film. Since some
important components of Polaroid film do
not exist anymore, this ‘impossible’
project is focusing on the development
of completely new film that could also
be used on vintage Polaroid cameras.
The first prototype is expected as soon
as October 2009, and production is
planned to start beginning of 2010.

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Blur magazine is proud to be an exclusive
media sponsor of the ‘Impossible Project’.
The magazine supporting and ‘celebrating’
artistic photography, it is always a pleasure
for us to encourage such courageous and
historically important undertakings which
will, we are convinced, not only succeed
but lead to a true cultural revolution
in the world of photography. In this issue
you can read an exclusive interview with
Florian Kaps, executive director of the
project, and find out all the facts related
to the ‘Impossible Project’ as well as how
to contribute to its success. More on this
on page 109. In addition, our next issues
will continue covering this topic – we will
inform you about the development of the
project itself, survey the history of
Polaroid film, current projects done using
this specific technique and introduce the
work of one Croatian Polaroid photographer.
For further information related to the
‘Impossible Project,’ please visit the
official web page:


*IMPOSSIBLE project*</b>


*BLUR   m a g a z i n e*</b>

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BULB MAGAZINE Issue No 12

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BULB Magazine 12

Spring is coming and we decided to put
our garde nin order. We tilled the field
and scattered the seed for some very good
stuff. But let's not talk about this now. At least
not until we can pick the first fruit.

Nevertheless, we can talk about one thing
which is slowly growing - our blog. We have
a new member, Darijo Belic, a long time
friend, who has recently become the Bulb
blog administrator. With his help, we hope
to interact better with our readers. The old
blog was cancelled and the new one is coming
up soon. A complete redesign will follow,
and it includes archives of every author
and collaborator of Bulb magazine.

The Croatian photography competition
Photodays, for the best pictures created in
2008, will be held for the second time this
year and Bulb magazine will be its media
sponsor. This year's competition has 12 categories
and the pictures will be evaluated
by a jury of six experts. The final manifestation
and the winners announcement will
be held on 5th and 6th June in Rovinj where
the meeting of the best photographers
and all photography buffs will take place.
The winners will receive a financial prize of
HRK 15,000 along with the official award
"Kadar". Meanwhile, you can find the news
on the competition in our magazine and on
www.photodays-rovinj.com

For starters, we're presenting the members
of the impressing jury panel the organizers
have gathered.

We decided to make a step forward in
the international spread of our magazine.
The "Bulb ambassador" is the newly created
editor's position. Ambassadors are collaborators
or international members of our
editorial office who will select the content
for our "Gallery 24" that has been the backbone
of our magazine since the beginning
and where we publish strong author photographs
from all over the world. We believe
that our magazine will gain in variety
this way and that we will keep our by now
recognizable quality. The first Bulb ambassador
is the Italian photographer Loredana
Guinicelli.

Ready? Go! :)

Robert Gojevic and Kresimir Zadravec

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BULB MAGAZINE Issue No 11

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BULB Magazine 11

One would think January would be perfect
time for vacation, skiing or paying bills.
Not so...

As I am writing this, 20% of next issue material
is “hangin’ in the air” - just one week
before publication. Our virtual office lacks
office confusion and adrenaline rush that
accompany meeting deadlines in a photo
finish. Are translations ready? Has proofreading
been done? Who has the plan for future
projects? Do we have all messages from
sponsors? Did the editor write his column
already?

Are you familiar with all of this? :) Each
one of us can identify him or herself with
these images; these do not apply merely to
publishing.

But let’s not lament in this introduction!
I’m introducing Martina Salov to you. Martina
is in charge of graphic design and, this
month, her engagement in the realization
of our magazine was huge!

I also have to mention the whole team
because we are constantly working on the
quality of texts you read monthly. Aware
that we can always do better, our team of
enthusiasts welcomed other two worthy
members: from this month, Vedran Korusic
is our language editor for texts in Croatian,
and Davor Juricic is responsible for the ones
in English.

In order to keep the high quality of the
magazine and improve the overall impression,
I’d like to know what you, our dear
readers, think of the magazine, the concept
and the content. Your suggestions, criticism
and ideas are most welcomed, even necessary,
I’d say. Therefore, write to us!

Robert Gojevic and Kresimir Zadravec

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BULB MAGAZINE Issue No 10

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BULB Magazine 10

There’s a Latin Proverb that says: “No day
without a line”. From month to month,
this maxim became a rule for our team and
gave us no rest even during the past month.

After we celebrated the 1st birthday of
Bulb Magazine last month, in December we
completed the circle by founding a Photographic
Association called Bulb. This accociation
was founded in order to promote the
development and improvement in the photographic
field.Therefore you can expect
from us many news and a few surprises.

During the last quarter of the year a few
dynamic changes happened in our team,
that we partly mentioned in the previous
issue. From this month we’re proud to present
the new member of our team, Ivan Pekarik,
writer and Globulb’s translator.

Your emails, posts and statistic data have
shown that in more than 90% of cases you
chose Bulb’s PDF version. In our constant
desire to follow our readers’ wishes, needs
and habits we decided from this number
to leave the Air platform and keep only the
PDF version.

In this sense We also improved our interaction
content. One click allows you now
to access the table of contents from every
page. In other words if you are on “Gallery
of 24” you can always go back to the list of
thumbs and choose the order in which you
will skip through the gallery.

Finally, did you have a good time for the
holidays? Did you travel? We hope you recharged
your batteries and we are looking
forward to seeing your pictures to enjoy together
the creative power of photography.

Robert Gojevic and Kresimir Zadravec

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