Polaroid
RPS Distinctions
I am very pleased to say that some of my Polaroid work has been recognised by the Royal Photographic Society (RPS). In September 2019 I received an RPS Associateship and in November 2020 I received an RPS Fellowship.
Galleries
Fall
Elvaston Castle
Pack film emulsion lifts
Image/Spectra
Stone flowers
Cyanograph emulsion lifts
Orkney
Pack film
TZ-Artistic
Botanics
Polaroid 100 Chocolate
Fade to black
Pack film image transfers
Wooden spomenics
Polaroid
Waterscapes IIFaces from Behind the Iron Curtain
Abstract spomenics
Polaroid cyanotypes
Articles
Impossible / Polaroid retrospective 2010-2020
Supersense One Instant P7 Color film
How to make Polaroid emulsion lift triptych prints
Polaroid cameras
Polaroid 195 (with sample photos)
Polaroid 350 (with sample photos)
Polaroid 1000
Polaroid 1200si (with sample photos)
Polaroid i-Zone
Polaroid ProCam
Polaroid SLR 680 (with sample photos)
Polaroid SX-70 (original model) (with sample photos)
Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1
Polaroid SX-70 Model 2
Polaroid SX-70 Polasonic SE (with sample photos)
Latest pages
- Stone flowers updated 29 April 2022 with 24 new images
- Fall gallery added 29 April 2022
- Elvaston Castle gallery added 21 April 2022
- Pack film emulsion lifts gallery added 16 March 2022
- Image/Spectra gallery added 14 March 2022
- Stone flowers gallery updated with new images 8 March 2022
Polaroid film, cameras and techniques have played a big role in my photography for a long time, so I have decided to gather all the Polaroid content on my website into a single section.
Polaroid photography combines the unpredictable adventures of analogue photography with the kind of instant feedback that even digital photography can't match... not many digital cameras can deliver a print into your hand right after pressing the shutter button!
But what fascinates me most about Polaroid is the huge range of things you can do with a Polaroid print once it is in your hand. I love digital photography as much as anyone, and many of my favourite Polaroid techniques involve a digital component. But sometimes pushing all those pixel around on a screen, then hitting the print button to have a printer on the other side of the room spit out a print leaves me feeling too detached from the whole process. Experimenting with Polaroid film forces you to get your hands dirty and bring a feeling of handicraft back to photogaphy.