I first came across the potential of the Polaroid SX70 camera in the work of Shirley Beljohn. Her technique was to 'overcook' the Polaroid image by leaving the chemicals in contact with the print longer than recommended, producing supersaturated colours. These images here seem to echo that technique, yet elsewhere (the Modern Romance series) Levinthal has gone the other way and stripped the cover sheet from the print way too early and given a washed out, pale image that is eery and loaded with suspense. His work shows just what is possible with Polaroid.
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Sorry, but this has been done before, only better by Cindy Sherman. She did a show using dummies used for medical training back in the early 90's.
I wear glasses so the world DOESN'T look like this!
I first came across the potential of the Polaroid SX70 camera in the work of Shirley Beljohn. Her technique was to 'overcook' the Polaroid image by leaving the chemicals in contact with the print longer than recommended, producing supersaturated colours. These images here seem to echo that technique, yet elsewhere (the Modern Romance series) Levinthal has gone the other way and stripped the cover sheet from the print way too early and given a washed out, pale image that is eery and loaded with suspense. His work shows just what is possible with Polaroid.