Photo Gallery The Impossible Project
Florian Kaps raised almost 3 million to buy an old Polaroid factory in The Netherlands.
The factory is in Enschede in the eastern Netherlands.
Chemicals which will be used to create the new instant film.
An experiment in instant film inside the Impossible Project's factory in Enschede in The Netherlands.
Storage facilities at the old Polaroid factory.
Former workers from the original factory are employed here. They spend time repairing old Polaroid cameras sent in via one of Kaps' Web sites. Cameras come from as far afield as Japan.
A roll of film being produced. Normally this machine is closed and light-proof.
If anything breaks the Impossible Project must repair it. But there are plenty of spare parts. Out of 12 machines, only one is being used.
This machine is used to cut the squares of Polaroid film to size.
Engineer Henk Minnen: The 57-year-old worked for Polaroid for 34 years and even write handbooks on the machinery.
Old marketing materials for Polaroid.
Various exeriments on the way to achieving a new instant film -- which will not be called Polaroid. The brand is a registered trademark.
Over 1.6 billion Polaroid films were made here. On June 14, 2008, production was halted because there were not enough raw materials left to go on.
A model of an old Polaroid camera made out of marble by a devoted fan.
Austrian analog photography fan Florian Kaps (r) and his business manager André Bosman (l). Bosmann worked for Polaroid from 1980 to 2008, when the firm had to declare bankruptcy.
A sign in the old Polaroid factory.
