The world's first (and only?) three-day instant film conference returns to the Bay Area in March 2022!

For the uninitiated, read this excellent, comprehensive recap of Polacon 2017: http://prymeeditions.com/blog/polacon-2017-recap

Or this one from 2018: https://orangephotography.com/polacon-2018-an-instant.../ And here’s a fantastic, thorough recap of the very first PolaCon: http://www.thedentonite.com/blog/polacon-one-denton-texas

Tickets are available now at the Eventbrite link! To help offset the required resources necessary to put on PolaCon, we are asking for a suggested donation of $5 for tickets, however feel free to share as little or as much as you would like.

For PolaConBayArea, we’ll feature more than 20 instant photography-related events from workshops, demos and sessions (from cyanotype demos to FP negative bleaching to a loft/transfer demo to “Instax in a 4x5” to instant 8x10s and more) with guest speakers and photographers to Saturday’s Zines & Things Swap Meet (bring your photography zines, small prints or other photo-related art to show, share, swap or sell) to an instant film exhibition, as well as film- and camera-specific meet-ups and demos – in addition to four unique PolaWalks in distinctive, picturesque areas led by IFS members from across the U.S.

Highlighted walks include Friday’s sure-to-be unforgettable Neon-at-Night Chinatown PolaWalk through San Francisco’s historic Chinatown, which is the oldest in North America. Saturday morning’s Mission District Murals PolaWalk – the area is a vibrant must-see stop when visiting the Bay Area. Oh, and there’s Sunday’s San Francisco Bay Ferry ride over to Oakland for a Photowalk lead by the East Bay Photo Collective (EBPCO).

Friday 3/11:

All-Day - Stop by Glass Key Photo* to stock up on film

6pm - Meet & Greet at Geary Club

8pm - Nighttime Neon Polawalk through Chinatown

*Check them out here: glasskeyphoto.com

and on IG: @glasskeyphoto

Saturday 3/12:

9am-11am - Mural PolaWalk through Mission District

12pm-6pm - Thee Parkside** (Full afternoon of networking, Zine swaps, and discussions, including 8x10 demos, cyanotype demos, an update from the 1212 Project, and MORE!)

7pm-? - Post-Parkside Party (details TBD)

**Thee Parkside 1600 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94107 (Visit theeparkside.com for more info on the venue.)

Sunday 3/13:

1pm: Oakland Chinatown PolaWalk

we will take the ferry from San Francisco to Oaklands' Jack London Square. We'll walk from the Oakland Ferry Terminal in a loop through Chinatown and end up at Nido's Backyard. You’ll see murals and shops and beautiful old-school buildings along the way.

There are two options for you to choose from for the starting point on this walk!

OPTION A: Meet at the San Francisco Ferry Bldg at 1:15 to board the ferry to Oakland.

OPTION B: Meet at the Oakland Ferry Terminal at 1:50

This'll be a joint photo walk with the East Bay Photo Collective.

Check them out here: https://www.ebpco.org

And on IG: @eastbayphotocollective