For anyone who was young -- or at least felt young -- in the eighties, the recent news that Polaroid would soon discontinue all production of instant film was akin to being yanked out of summer camp early. What would happen to all the memories? Fortunately, the folks at savepolaroid.com are on the case. The organization's goal is to find another company to keep churning out the insta-presto film packs. Help convince Ilford or Fuji to take up the torch by posting your favorite polaroid snapshots on Save Polaroid's Flickr page, or just peruse the gallery for a nostalgic reminder of what picture taking was like before the age of the four gigabyte memory card. --SARA JAMES

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