Elsa Dorfman, for decades one of the most visible advocates of the Polaroid 20×24 Camera has died at age 83. Elsa began working with the 20×24 in 1980 when Polaroid sponsored her to use the camera to photograph the beat poet Allen Ginsberg. This session led to many more and Elsa soon offered her signature […]
Guardians of Film: John Reuter, 20 x 24 Studio To hear John Reuter, Executive Director of 20 x 24 Studio tell it, keeping 20 x 24 instant film alive was always a fight. Reuter, a former Polaroid executive, says he repeatedly had to convince Polaroid executives that 20 x 24 film, while not a rockstar […]
20×24 Studio Berlin Interviews with the principals behind the opening of the 20×24 Studio Berlin, Florian Kaps, Markus Mahla, and Oliver Blohm. Filmed in Berlin in July of 2018 during the opening of the “Polaroid Project” exhibit at the C/O Berlin. Interviews with the principals behind the opening of the 20×24 Studio Berlin, Florian Kaps, […]
Camera Ready: Journeys with the Giant Polaroid is a documentary film in progress chronicling the legendary 20×24 camera and the artists how used it as well as the people who created it. The film was begun in 2014 with early interviews with William Wegman, Elsa Dorfman, and Chuck Close. As time has passed the studio […]
We are very excited to announce that a new 20×24 Studio has opened in Berlin, Germany. It is run by Markus Mahla and Oliver Blohm. Here is an excerpt from an interview with Mahla in The Phoblographer. Markus Mahla: 20×24 Studio Berlin is a one-of-a-kind place that brings one of the most unique cameras of the […]