Spring ‘RoidWeek 2026 is here and it’s time for instant film to take center stage. ‘RoidWeek – shorthand for “Polaroid Week” – is a celebration led by a group of instant film enthusiasts on Flickr, dedicated to showcasing the beauty, fun and creativity that instant film offers. Since 2006, photographers have gathered on Flickr to connect over their shared love of instant film. From Polaroid to Fujifilm Instax and beyond, all instant film is welcome during ‘RoidWeek. More than just a showcase, it’s a biannual tradition that connects instant film lovers worldwide. Here are some quick rules before you get started snapping. 

‘RoidWeek rules: 

• The photo pool is open from April 19th to April 24th.
• Submit photos that haven’t been shared to Flickr before.
• Keep your submissions to TWO photos per day throughout the 6 day event. 
• This is a film-only group. No Faux-laroids are accepted. A “faux-laroid” is a digital image edited to look like an instant photograph. 
• Participation is encouraged! Sharing your photos is important but you are also encouraged to fave, comment and interact with other group members to help build community and support around a shared love of instant film!

Want some inspiration? Check out this gallery from ‘RoidWeeks past to see some of the great images that are shared to the group. For more group details, join the ‘RoidWeek 2026 group now. We can’t wait to see your instant creations!

Throughout the mission, NASA shared hundreds of images documenting this historic moment for all to see. An added bonus: they’re released under a Creative Commons license, which means the public can download and use them for free. You can read the full license details here.

So where can you find all these stunning space moments? NASA HQ and NASA Johnson are just a couple of clicks away and they’ll take you on a virtual mission alongside the brave crew of the Integrity. We’re sharing some of our favorite shots here but make sure to visit NASA’s Flickr sites for the full collection and take your own trip to the Moon and back!

Meet the Orion spacecraft crew members, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, left, Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

In a view not seen by many, the crew captures an Earthset through the Orion spacecraft window during their flyby of the Moon. Credit: NASA

The Artemis II crew, including their now famous mascot “Rise”, take a group shot after traveling around the far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA

Artemis lunar science team members, from left, Alexandra Constantinou, and David Hollibaugh-Baker, work in the Science Mission Operations Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA

NASA astronaut Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. Credit: NASA

NASA’s Orion spacecraft along with Artemis II crewmembers splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California on Friday, April 10, 2026. Credit: NASA

After their return to Earth, NASA’s Artemis II crew reunite to share brief remarks with friends, family, and colleagues following their journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

For more Artemis II photos, plus past and future NASA coverage, give their Flickr pages a follow. And don’t forget to fave and comment on your favorite shots to let the incredible team at NASA know just how much their work means to us. We’re so lucky to witness their adventures, their spirit of exploration and the breathtaking moments they capture through their photography. Until next time!

To that end, let me introduce you to Greg Friedman, who goes by TokyoMorningDetails on Flickr. His beautiful documentary of morning life in Tokyo is rich with colour, light, and everyday life, and he’s chosen his Morning Selection album to display as an archive on our Showcase page. Thank you, Greg!

Flickr Foundation: Why did you start taking photos?

Greg: When I started taking photos seriously in about 2020, it was out of a desire to document and share the life I saw around me, life as expressed in the little things found in and around people’s living spaces. So many of the people doing interesting photography on flickr are expatriates, people living in new surroundings. For those of us like that, our adopted place/culture stimulates us to try to grasp it, to make sense of it, and to play with it. I think Japan is often portrayed in fairly narrow, stereotyped ways, and I wanted to share the Japan of everyday life.

FF: Who or what has most influenced your approach to photography?

Greg: My favorite photographer remains Andre Kertesz, who never failed to find the remarkable, even in the most mundane situations. But I had two early influences on how I view the world, or on how it can be seen. One was the Japanese painter Yozo Hamaguchi, who gets close and personal with tiny things. Another was the nature photographer Eliot Porter, who focused on the details of nature, rather than its grand aspects. (In a sense, I’m also a nature photographer. I photograph human nature and human lives as seen in their creations and arrangements.) I have to mention one more person, which is the mom of one of my childhood friends. She took us boys on early morning excursions because she wanted to show us how special the world is in those hours before the world gets underway in earnest. That experience of the magic of “pre-civilization” stayed with me, I believe, so I am grateful to her.

FF: How has your photography changed since you started?

Greg: Over the past couple of years, it feels like a new species of photo has entered my vocabulary, one that’s more about light than about objects.That’s probably a natural progression, given the wonderful light here in Tokyo. Yet at the same time I have a desire to return to the basics, to get back to focusing on the presence and gravitas of objects.

FF: Which of your Flickr photos is your favorite? Why?

Greg: Almost any of the ones in the Morning Selection album, but can I pick two? Probably my favorite subject to shoot is fabric. Both of these hopefully show this.

FF: How did Flickr become part of your photography practice?

Greg: Flickr was important to my practice early on because what I wanted to do was share my morning experiences with others. Flickr provides a great community of people who have superb sense and intelligence regarding photography, life, art, and…well, what else is there besides those three, really? People here have been very supportive of and interested in my work from the beginning, and have inspired me to keep finding stuff.

FF: Tell us a bit about mornings in Tokyo…

Greg: Good question. I think the answer is in my photos! But I’ll say that early mornings anywhere are very special. It’s when the elves are still about. The key is being open to finding the elves.

FF: What aspect(s) of this subject did you wish to encapsulate in your Data Lifeboat?
Greg: I felt that those photos were my state of the art, from a period between roughly 2021 to 2023 when I believe I saw things most clearly. 

FF: Flickr.org’s mission is to keep Flickr pictures visible for 100 years. If someone discovered these images in an archive decades from now, what context would you want them to have?

Greg: I’ll say here what I often do, which is that the things I shoot reflect a disappearing world. People should know that there was once a more communal, more egalitarian, less sterile and more funky way of life than the one now infecting Tokyo and other places in this world. I really hope that people can get hints of that from my photos. 

FF: Data Lifeboat was developed in part to help save Flickr photos as cultural heritage, similar to photos that now exist in Flickr Commons. How do you see your work fitting into a broader cultural conversation?

Greg: I’m very honored to be part of that effort, and that conversation. I would hope that what we put out on Flickr leads to a broader and deeper understanding of the world and what’s in it, as well as who. There’s this word “diversity”, right? It’s become such a loaded concept, to the point where some actually see it as a dirty word. So ideally my pictures can lead to some appreciation and respect for it, actually.

FF: How do you want to be remembered as a photographer?

Greg: He shot from the heart. 

Explore Greg’s MorningDetails archive

Digital Legacy Research by the Flickr Foundation

The Foundation is conducting in depth research with Flickr members about their thoughts and feelings about their Flickr accounts. From a survey with almost 2,500 responses to a market research survey of current platform download tools to 1:1 interviews and some group forums, we understand very well how valuable people’s Flickr accounts are. It’s been touching and fascinating to hear how the people we’ve met feel about their time spent on Flickr, not only from a showcase point of view but also to hear stories about the communities and friends they’ve made here. 

We’ll be publishing that research at the end of March, through our newsletter and on the Flickr Foundation blog.

Every year, we bring attention to some the events and features that focus around the art, profession and expression of film photography. And within that broad and beautiful practice lies a more specific medium, instant film. While Flickr is a digital platform, all forms of analog photography are shared, appreciated and celebrated here. That’s why we chatted with a community that truly lives and breaths instant film. Meet the Instant Film Society! Get to know their community and the exciting things they’re doing to keep the world of instant film connected and thriving.

Flickr: Can you tell us about Instant Film Society? What are your organization’s mission and goals?  

Instant Film Society: Instant Film Society was formed in 2012 by Daniel Rodrigue and Justin Goode in Denton, TX, to increase awareness and understanding of instant film photography. At the time, Polaroid film had just shut down and the future was bleak, but film could still be found and the fledgling fan base was still looking for community. Daniel and Justin started organizing photo walks, or “polawalks”, around the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and soon they were attracting folks from all over the country. 

Flickr: What kind of services do you offer your members?  

IFS: We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so everything we do is to serve the instant film community. We offer educational workshops to the community and organize regular photo walks and other gatherings to give other likeminded people a group to share their love of instant photography. For the past 10 years, we’ve also hosted the 3-day PolaCon conference in Denton/Dallas, TX each September, which has grown to include events in San Francisco in March and Brooklyn, NY in May.

Flickr: Among the different programs you run, which one stands out as the most successful? What factors do you believe have contributed to its success? 

IFS: By far, our most successful event, not a program really, are the three annual PolaCon conferences. Each event draws hundreds of photographers from all over the world for three days of walks, workshops, product demos, and community. We’ve had attendees come as far as England, Germany, and Argentina! I think one thing that makes it so successful is the scope and the chance to meet other photographers from other places. Many communities have photography groups or organize walks, which is so important. But PolaCon has emerged as an opportunity to meet artists from other places IRL instead of only communicating on Instagram, or elsewhere online.

Flickr: Can you share an example of how your organization has made a difference in someone’s life or the community? 

IFS: Each year at PolaCon, we hear attendees say they’ve finally found a place where they truly belong. Many look forward to reconnecting with their PolaCon friends all year long — and even joke about experiencing “post-PolaCon depression” when the event ends.

By intentionally creating an environment where like-minded people can gather to share ideas, inspire one another, and create together, we’ve helped build genuine community. That sense of belonging has sparked photo walks and instant film groups in cities across the U.S., extending the impact far beyond the event itself. We’ve also watched complete beginners attend PolaCon having never shot instant film before — only to return the following year with their own instant camera in hand. Seeing people discover a new creative outlet, gain confidence, and find their community is the difference we’re most proud of.

Flickr: How are IFS members utilizing Flickr’s site & features?  

IFS: Flickr provides an uncluttered experience for IFS members to gather online where we can just focus on sharing and enjoying each others’ work and not working about what the algorithm wants us to see, or without having to navigate through irrelevant and annoying video content. We can use message features to ask questions and learn from one another, and just appreciate each others’ work. It helps foster our wider community in-between PolaCons. I hope that doesn’t sound like a promo, but many of our community members – especially our younger ones – want an alternative to the big corporate apps, and Flickr has emerged as a perfect alternative.

Flickr: Is there anything that you wish more people knew about IFS? 

IFS: We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so everything we do is for the community, and goes back to the community. We’re also an all-volunteer organization. Everything we do is for the love of instant film.

Flickr: What are some ways people can get involved and support the efforts of your organization? 

IFS:  Yes, first you can attend PolaCon! PolaCon Bay Area is March 12-15, 2026, and PolaCon NYC take place May 29-31, 2026. The original PolaCon will take place this Fall in Denton and Dallas, TX. You can stay up to date by visiting our website, or following our Instagram accounts. You can also sign up on our email list on our website, and even make a donation there if you’d like. 

Flickr: What are you most excited about for IFS in the next year?  

IFS: We keep growing! Our board just expanded to include a East Coast Director and West Coast Director, so we’re off to a very encouraging start with two new members. Meanwhile, we have lots of conversations going for new events and ideas, but we can’t talk about those yet. 

Thanks to the Instant Film Society for being part of the Flickr community! If you’re a long time fan of instant film or just checking it out for the first time, visit Instant Film Society’s Flickr group to meet other instant film fans. And if you haven’t heard about ‘RoidWeek, then we have another instant film focused event to share while you are setting up your calendars for Polacons and photography walks with friends. Headed this way in April is the spring edition of Polaroid Week aka ‘RoidWeek, so give the group a join and continue your journey on capturing those instant film classics!

photo credit: AndyOdom, Alexas, Laurent Été, Steve Rainwater

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Time to check in on last month’s Weekly Snapshot features! Each week, we highlight a selection of standout photos from our Flickr Social group in our Weekly Snapshot galleries — and if you missed any, now’s your chance to catch up. Browse some of our recent features, and then join us in Flickr Social for a chance to have your own work showcased!

February 5th Weekly Snapshot

February 12th Weekly Snapshot

February 19th Weekly Snapshot

February 26th Weekly Snapshot

Check out the full collection of galleries from February’s Weekly Snapshot features to see some of the great photos being shared to Flickr Social every day!

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