Whoa it's been a while since I posted. Had some minor surgery almost a week ago and I've been somewhat away with the fairies, so a short post today about the iconic International Polaroid Collection that has been recently purchased by the WestLicht Museum of Photography. The collection was dismantled from it's original home at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne and then sold at auction. The collection consists of 4400 images taken by over 800 artists and photographers that were shot over a magnificent period of time between 1972 and 1990. The collection includes artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams and Sally Mann as well as many previously unknown artists. A selection of the Polaroid Collection will be made publicly available at the WestLicht from 17th June. Running along side the exhibition will be work by contemporary artists that explore instant imaging today and incidentally encompasses the original polaroids with work that directly responds to the magical film and cameras previously used to capture the world.
Here are my favourite images from a small selection that are available to see online here.
Charles Eames, Untitled, 1975
Helmut Newton, Untitled, 1976
I adore this image by Helmut Newton. There's so much tension and emotion in the frame. It's curious that, although clearly beautiful, one of the women's face is obscured by a single white lilly- the flower widely associated with funerals. There is so much to explore and see in this photograph.
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