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Subject: [Leica] Polaroid SX-70 Manipulations #1
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:36:55 +0530
References: <B7E6B86C-402A-4603-A57F-792F94E2A1D3@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <CAH1UNJ3583wR15OTJmOEaKfMVHRdDw=c81VgjMoi7D_AYXpKFg@mail.gmail.com> <5A2900D1-1BD3-451C-89C6-86A682608F07@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Thanks for the explanation. It certainly leads to distinctive looks.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 8:30 AM Christopher Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> No. The only film that it ever worked on was the old Polaroid SX-70 that
> was discontinued some time in the late 1990s. It never worked on Polaroid
> 600 or Spectra, or on any of Fuji's instant films. Doesn't work on the new
> Polaroid materials made today either. The old Polaroid materials allowed a
> lot of experimental work.
>
> Something else that you could do with the old Polaroid materials was
> emulsion lifts. This worked on the type 669 Peel-Apart film. The print
> would be placed in a tray of hot water, then moved to a tray of cold water.
> This softened the emulsion then broke it loose from the plastic backing.
> You could then slide apiece of drawing paper under the floating emulsion.
> The emulsion would be wrinkled and could be manipulated before it dried.
> Once dry, it stuck to the new paper. Here's an example:
>
> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1816
>
> Image Transfers were another thing that worked with the peel-apart films.
> With this technique, you took a piece of drawing paper and soaked it in
> water for a few minutes, then blotted it so it was damp but not wet on the
> surface. You would take a picture with the peel apart film. Normally, you
> pulled the film from the camera and waited 90 seconds to peel it apart.
> When doing a transfer, you'd pull it apart immediately then quickly put the
> 'negative' sheet face down on the damp drawing paper. A rubber roller was
> used to push it flat on the paper. You then waited the 90 seconds before
> peeling the negative sheet off. The image would be transferred to the
> drawing paper. Because regular paper does not have the gelatin receiving
> layer that the Polaroid print material has, the image would look soft, with
> muted color. Here's one:
>
> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1835
>
>
> --
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-437-8990
>
> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>
> https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me
>
>
>
> ?On 3/22/22, 10:11 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG"
> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
>     I like this. Never have used Polaroids. Can this be replicated on a
> Fuji
>     Instax?
>
>     Cheers
>     Jayanand
>
>     On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 3:48 AM Christopher Crawford <
>     chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>
>     > Last night I scanned a bunch of experimental photographs that I made
> on
>     > Polaroid film when I was an art student in the late 1990s. The old
> Polaroid
>     > SX-70 film was soft when it first developed, and you could use a
> blunt
>     > object to smear the image around.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > This photograph of a pair of butternut squash that my grandma had
> picked
>     > in her garden was one of the first of these Polaroid Manipulations
> that I
>     > did. Unfortunately, they can't be done anymore; the modern Polaroid
> films
>     > harden too quickly.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=3606
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     >
>     > Chris Crawford
>     >
>     > Fine Art Photography
>     >
>     > Fort Wayne, Indiana
>     >
>     > 260-437-8990
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me
>     >
>     >
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