Still Life at New55 Lab Here is the latest experiment with the instant 8×10 negative prototype. The development coverage, or lack there of is due to the roller gap and spread characteristics of the particular pod. Those issues are minor, but the important issue is the quality of image produced by this process. Read more […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
On May 30, 2012 Nafis Azad, the new Director of Photography at the 20×24 Studio worked with Robert Crowley of New55 to experiment with a prototype 8×10 instant negative. Using reagent and sheet components from 20×24 film, Azad and Crowley were successful in creating a fully developed negative and positive. More experiments are to follow […]
Barbara Kasten began working with the 20×24 camera in 1981, when she was invited by Polaroid Corporation to come to the studio at 575 Technology Square in Cambridge, MA. Kasten had already been working with Polaroid’s 8×10 material and was well versed in the language of large format cameras. The work, at first minimal later […]
20×24 Studio FAQs When did the 20×24 Project begin? 1976, when Polaroid at Dr. Land’s direction built the first functioning prototype. This camera was used to take portraits at the 1976 Polaroid Shareholder’s meeting. Why did Polaroid build such a camera? To demonstrate the quality of Polacolor II Film. Polaroid was about to release a professional […]
On Friday, March 30, 2012, Lens featured a series of portraits from Mary Ellen Mark’s new book, “Prom,” with a clip from the accompanying film by Martin Bell. The portraits also appeared in the Sunday Review over the weekend. The images were made using the Polaroid 20×24 Land Camera and Polaroid PolaPan 20×24 film. In […]