Rafael Fuchs “100 Polaroids From The Turn Of The Millennium”

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Polaroids are among the most precious and ephemeral manifestations of the dissipating analog era in photography. The turn of the millennium was the period of time that marked the transition from analog to digital practices in photography and in many other common media.
Rafael Fuchs explored commercial and artistic uses for Polaroids from the 1980s through the advent of digital photography.
“In the analog days, especially in the years 1996-2004, I used Polaroid instant films intensively for various reasons.
First, it was magical. I remember very well the excitement and joy, as the image was gradually appearing on the surface of the Polaroid, as it was processed and fixed by the chemicals that it contained. At that point, the Polaroid possessed a life of its own. I used the instant film on special camera backs that were attached to my professional cameras that were either medium or large formats (6x7 cm or 4x5 inch format)….” —Rafael Fuchs

With the size of the Polaroids displayed, this exhibition creates an intimacy with viewers, who are invited to come close to the Polaroids and inspect them, a notion that is too often lost in today’s art galleries that display large scale photographs.

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Schedule

from September 05, 2014 to October 12, 2014

Opening Reception on 2014-10-12 from 13:00 to 15:00

Artist(s)

Rafael Fuchs

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