When I was in art school, photography was part of the curriculum. I did not own a camera, nor did I wish to go out and buy one (primarily because I couldn't afford the one I wanted), so my dad loaned me his Canon AE-1. I don't think I ever took a decent photo with it.

After returning the 35mm back to my dad, I went without a camera until 1992, when I decided that a Polaroid was what I wanted. Instant gratification. I didn't need crystal clear focus, I just needed something to gather reference material without having to wait for Fotomat.

So I got the ProPack. A big clunky chunk of plastic, with 20 exposure packs of film (color and black and white) that cost $20 each. I added the flash adapter slash side handle so that I looked like a newspaper man from the 40's.

Pieces broke off of it, but I managed to keep the thing functioning. I sold the flash adapter when I moved to New Mexico and then in 2007, Polaroid said they were quitting. My ProPack got put away and I went out and bought a digital camera.

It might be time to dig up the old ProPack, because I read today that some Crazy European is making film again. Polaroid lives!

Here are some scenery shots I took with the old ProPack between '92 and 2005.