Portland Public Library

The Polaroid years, instant photography and experimentation

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

The Polaroid years

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813941619

instant photography and experimentation

"Filled with images from a trove of artists from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol, this is the first volume to explore the Polaroid camera's indelible influence on the history of photography. From its inception in 1947, the Polaroid system inspired artists to experiment--to dazzling effect--with the cameras' unique technologies. Edwin Land, the inventor of the first Polaroid instant camera, remarked on his discovery, "Photography will never be the same." And he was right. This fascinating journey through the Polaroid era documents the evolution of instant photography. Hundreds of color images celebrate the myriad ways Polaroid photographs have been used and ingeniously manipulated by Walker Evans, David Hockney, Barbara Kasten, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lucas Samaras, and others. The book features essays addressing the unique technology of instant photography and the marketing genius of the Polaroid Corporation. Artist statements from Ellen Carey, Chuck Close, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Bryan Graf, Miranda Lichtenstein, David Levinthal, Joy Neimanas, Lisa Oppenheim, Catherine Opie, John Reuter, William Wegman, and James Welling reveal how Polaroids affected and, in many instances, forever changed the way they captured the world around them."--Publisher's website

Director's foreword / James Mundy -- Instant photography: the allure and the legacy / Mary-Kay Lombino -- 40,000 roses-or, the perversity of Polaroid / Peter Buse -- Chronology / compiled by Emily Kloppenburg -- Plates. Ansel Adams -- Jack Butler -- Ellen Carey -- Carter -- Bruce Charlesworth -- Chuck Close -- Anne Collier -- Laura Cooper and Nick Taggart -- John Coplans -- Marie Cosindas -- Philip-Lorca diCorcia -- Charles and Ray Eames -- Walker Evans -- Bryan Graf -- Richard Hamilton -- Robert Heinecken -- David Hockney -- Barbara Kasten -- André Kertész -- Les Krims -- David Levinthal -- Miranda Lichtenstein -- John Maggiotto -- Andreas Mahl -- Robert Mapplethorpe -- Joyce Neimanas -- Catherine Opie -- Lisa Oppenheim -- Beatrice Pediconi -- Victor Raphael -- John Reuter -- Lucas Samaras -- Dash Snow -- Paul Thek -- Mungo Thomson -- Andy Warhol -- William Wegman -- James Welling -- Grant Worth -- Artists' statements. Ellen Carey -- Chuck Close -- Philip-Lorca diCorcia -- Bryan Graf -- David Levinthal -- Miranda Lichtenstein -- Joyce Neimanas -- Catherine Opie -- Lisa Oppenheim -- John Reuter -- William Wegman -- James Welling