Surely fades away: Polaroid photography and the contradictions of cultural value1

Photographies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-238

  Buse, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 69849121159     PISSN: 17540763     EISSN: 17540771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17540760802285577     Document Type: Article

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