Various Polaroid Photos Lifts Still Life’s by photographer Paul E Williams A unique series of various Polaroid Lift photo art prints.
Various Polaroid Photos Lifts – 1992
“From the first time I made a Polaroid Lift I became fascinated by both the process and the outcome. I had to modify rubber spatula’s and find rubber rollers and all in all it was a big adventure into the unknown. When you lifted off the emulsion from a 10×8 polaroid you end up with a glutinous loose mess of gelatine that has to be carefully unfolded and lifted onto art paper. If this is kept wet on the paper it is possible to move the gelatine into any shape you like. The emulsion is them rolled down to squeeze out the water from behind the gelatine and attach it to the art paper.
This is both painstaking, precarious and expensive. It also required a 10×8 bellows camera and 10×8 polaroid back and processor. It is not surprising then that not that many people made Polaroid lifts and I don’t really want to think how much each photo cost to make.The Lifts in this series and other lifts earned me the a coveted Polaroid European Final Art Award in ’93. I hope you enjoy them.”
Paul E Williams 2023
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