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Polaroids from ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’
Star Wars or Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, to give the film its proper title, is the single most influential, and thus arguably,…
Polaroids from ‘Return of the Jedi’
Harrison Ford wanted his character, Han Solo, to die in Return of the Jedi. Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan agreed. Kasdan thought Solo’s death would freak out…
Oh, you pretty thing! Polaroid portraits of Andy Warhol in drag
Andy Warhol in drag taken with a polaroid camera. Back in 2013 auction house Christie’s sold off 62 of Andy Warhol’s Polaroid photos for the…
Sean Young’s Polaroids from the set of ‘Blade Runner’
Young with costar Rutger Hauer, who played the replicant Roy Batty Blade Runner was released in the late June of 1982, where it had great…
Found: Lost behind-the-scenes Polaroids from ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Imagine traveling home one night and finding a set of behind-the-scenes photos from one of your favorite shows. Well, something like that did happen to…
Polaroid portraits from Amsterdam’s Red Light District, 1979-80 (NSFW)
Before hipster party photographers The Cobra Snake or Last Night’s Party, there was artists Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma who documented Amsterdam nightlife through…
Polaroids of Desire: Architect Carlo Mollino’s secret stash of erotica (NSFW)
The architect and designer Carlo Mollino had a secret life–one that only came to light after his death in 1973. Born in Turin in 1905,…
Polaroids from the sets of ‘Blade Runner,’ ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and more
Hunter S. Thompson and Bill Murray from Where the Buffalo Roam. Polaroid photographs are used by make-up artists, costume designers, props, and set designers to…
Ali MacGraw sells the Polaroid Swinger, from 1965
The Polaroid Swinger was one of the cutest cameras ever made. It was also the first inexpensive instant camera at only $19.95. Add to this…