Awesome Company: The Polaroid Collection
Yesterday, I spent the afternoon at Sotheby’s in Manhattan looking at the photographs from the Polaroid Collection. This collection contains works by past and contemporary artists. Works by Ansel Adams, Chuck Close, William Wegman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Beard, Lorna Simpson and other wonderful artists line the walls of five floors.
My work is also a part of the Polaroid Collection. Although I feel saddened to see this collection go to auction, I am proud to be a part of this esteemed group. Using Polaroid film was an important creative tool for my work. I could see the progress of a session and work on ideas at the time I was photographing. Then I could take the negatives and contact print in palladium or enlarge them in silver gelatin printing.
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This post was submitted by Alice Garik.
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I am an artist whose artwork has been collected by The Brooklyn Museum, The Polaroid Collection, The Center for Photography at Woodstock and other corporate and private collectors. The prestigious Px 3 competition awarded me an honorable mention for one of my child portraits in 2008 and in 2009 a series of photographs titled “A Vermont Homestead” received an honorable mention. Recently four of my photographs were chosen for use on the movie set of “Eat, Pray, Love” which stars Julia Roberts. I tell authentic stories with photographs to preserve the experiences of my clients’ lives and those of their loved ones. My work covers the circle of life: couples, bridal, maternity, family, children. Photographing using film has advantages both in beauty and flexibility. I prefer to hand print black & white photographs using museum quality silver gelatin and platinum palladium methods. Both these processes are archival and will last for generations. Platinum palladium, known for its subtle tonal range, is the most stable and long lasting of existing printing processes.
