Comments on: Polaroid Alternative Process Galleries

Polaroid Alternative Process Galleries

netbros — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:06:13 -0800

Joanne Warfield's innovative work in Polaroid emulsion and image transfers, time/zero manipulation and corrosion. (previously on MeFi)

By: barrett caulk

barrett caulk — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:32:16 -0800

i find these short on significant content. but as someone who has explored (okay, dabbled in) alternative process photography, including polaroid manipulations, i have to say that her technique is impressive. some of them are really beautiful and/or trippy.

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:05:56 -0800

Yeah I agree. They look pretty sharp for a plastic lens.

By: johngumbo

johngumbo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:38:37 -0800

Meh

By: wendell

wendell — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:34:04 -0800

I like Michael Dare's "Emulsional Problems", but then, I liked it 5 years ago (actually, 25 years ago when I met him in his prime of Celebrity Picture alterations, but I posted it here 4 years and 362 days ago).

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:37:20 -0800

Gotta side with the mehs on this one. Twenty or thirty years ago, these effects would be somewhat interesting. Now? With Photoshop? It's beyond meh, really. And as much as I will sorely miss Polaroid, I will not be lamenting the death of emulsion transfers any time soon. They look pretty sharp for a plastic lens. Could have been shot on a decent medium-format camera with a Polaroid back, but it seems from the artist's statement and links that she uses a little Daylab enlarger: Insert negative (shot on a non-Polaroid camera), print onto Polaroid film.