Polaroid A Day - RIP Beloved

Exactly a month ago my beloved instax 300 camera died. The gear that extends the lens broke off of its plastic axle and there was no way to repair it. I was absolutely devastated as I desperately tried over and over again to turn it on, only to be met with the empty grating noise of loose gear-on-gear. I wasn’t sure how or even if this project could continue.

After a couple of days without taking any instant photos I decided I definitely needed to keep going on the project. In just those few days I could already feel myself losing some part of myself that I’d grown so accustomed to. In the back of my mind I so badly wanted to be able to document the one thing that happened everyday which moved or affected me. A habit had formed and I couldn’t just stop.

It took ten long days to finally get my new camera, which means in the meantime I’m going to be sharing ten instant photos that I’d never chosen to be my daily photo. (Or ones from the many months of daily polaroids I took before I started this account.) I hope you enjoy this temporary change :)