These hand manipulated images are created by using an antique Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera. An alternative method used is with an enlarger using my original transparencies (slides) projected and exposed onto the same Time Zero SX-70 film. The chemical emulsion of this film is slow to set up, and while still soft, the emulsion is manipulated and pushed around to soften the image's lines and blend just as you would in painting. This process removes some of the photograph's realism and gives it a painterly quality. A variety of wood and metal tools are used in this process. I call this technique Photo Impressionism.
The SX-70 photo is then enlarged to the appropriate sizes, which brings out the textural and painterly qualities. The enlargements are printed on archival papers, using premium photographic papers or 100% acid free papers. Each print is signed, numbered, and is a limited edition of 250 prints. All prints are double matted in white acid free mats with a black inner edge called Black Core. Only archival materials are used so that your artwork will last up to 100+ years.
SX-70 Photo Impressionism
Notation:
Fine Art Photographs are signed, numbered, and certified, each limited to 250 prints by award winning artist Nancy Blades.
Each photograph comes with its own certificate affixed to the back of photograph.
*** Please keep in mind the the colors in the images will vary from computer moniter to computer moniter, just as TV's in a store will vary from one screen to another.
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*** Click on any of the SX-70 categories listed in the Galleries on the left side of the page to view the SX-70 manipulated images.