Getting around to posting this 8 months after PolaCon NYC #3 in 2025 (back-dated) because I just saw an announcement of the 2026 event coming up just 4 months from now — oops! This post has been just sitting in my drafts, waiting for me to hit the publish button…

Hope you’ll enjoy this retrospective post, which I’m hoping — by posting so close to the next event — will help build excitement for PolaCon NYC #4!

Official PolaCon NYC #3 2025 Poster

The 2025 gathering of instant photography people in New York City a.k.a. PolaCon NYC was held Friday-Saturday (May 30th-31st) at two venues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and Sunday (June 1st) at two offsite photo-walk locations. I attended the event — sponsored by the Instant Film Society, Polaroid, and Brooklyn Film Camera — with a dear friend on Saturday the 31st.

As usual, I was looking forward to interesting speakers, learning, buying stuff, shooting a bunch of instant photos, making new friends, and meeting up with my growing posse of old friends from past PolaCons.

Since I’m posting way after the event, I’ll skip all the usual blablabla, let you read more about PolaCon on the Instant Film Society blog, and just show you my photos from Day 2 of the 2025 PolaCon NYC event… 🙂

PolaCon: My Polaroid SX-70 Sonar Photos

PolaCon: My 600 Format & Other Photos

PolaCon: iPhone & Sony Digitals