Choices

Boy, did I have a surprise yesterday. A former student alerted me that Polaroid was shutting down it's film production and factories. They are not going out of business, just changing their focus and will be doing more digital. This hit me hard. I've been a long time user of the peel-apart-film and the already extinct Time Zero film. My dilemma revolves around teaching Polaroid Transfers. I'm scheduled to teach this May but am concerned about students being upset and rightly so that a newly learned craft will most likely not be possible in the near future. Fuji does make a film that transfers and was told it needs to be done in the dark, not easy at an art retreat that doesn't have a darkroom. I'm trying to weigh in all the factors. How would you feel if you were a student? I absolutely love doing Polaroid Manipulations and will continue to do so but I do have a darkroom. Today I hope to get more information, find out how to use the Fuji film, if it can be used in the machines I now use, etc. Keep your fingers crossed.