20×24 Studio

Peter Bass

Photographic Historical Society of New England feature on Peter Bass

“Wilson’s Night Spot” is a loose narrative exploring the nature of the American South, composed as a series of intimate portraits of everyday life. It contains work from four trips taken over three years, spent wandering instinctively through the small towns of the South. Jennifer spent most of these trips utterly lost, albeit intentionally so, freed to work off impressions and immersion, responding to the subtle details found in each place.

In order to facilitate the search for open and intimate narrative pictures in these locales, Jennifer used the 20×24 Polaroid Camera producing instant 20” x 24” prints as her guide. Jennifer’s compositions are far from passive as all have a textural sobriety that is introspective yet engaging.  The absence of distinct references of time and unique perspectives, frees up viewer interpretation.
“I chose an atypical way of working with the 20 x 24, eschewing control and extreme detail for highly selective focus and long exposures that are loose and gestural. As the project progressed, the images took on more and more of the dark, surreal nature of the South, both wondrous and strange. My survey is a slow, steady discovery of this feeling, experienced and articulated through all of the palpable sensations surrounding it.”
– Jennifer Trausch (2009)

We recently sat down with Scott Sheppard of Inside Analog Photo to discuss the progress of 20×24 Holdings in setting up film production to continue 20×24 instant Polaroid film. Since May of this year we have taken control of all remaining 20×24 film produced by Polaroid Corporation before the factory closed. During the summer we searched for spaces to house the production equipment and film stock. This week we are starting up the pod machine and finalizing the install of the machinery to create the reagent. Stay tuned to this website for further progress.
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