[Leica] Polaroid SX-70 Manipulations #1
Jayanand Govindaraj
jayanand at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 20:06:55 PDT 2022
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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