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Words and Images By Paul Ravenscroft  When Polaroid closed its last film factory in 2008 in the face of the digital onslaught, the classic square format instant medium looked like a doomed anachronysm. But from the ashes arose The Impossible Project, a group of former Polaroid employees led by analog entrepreneur and instant enthusiast Dr Florian Kaps, who bought part of the factory in Enschede, Holland, with a mission to save instant photography. Recognizing the massive challenge they faced, they took inspiration for their name from a famous quote by Polaroid founder and technical genius Edwin Land: “Don’t undertake a...

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