I've been looking into artists and photographers that used polaroid cameras. The reason for this being I wanted to see how they portrayed someone/ a model through this medium and if they used it for more 'casual' snapshot type images or if they used it for high end fashion etc. To do this I simply googled 'Artists or Photographers that use Polaroid cameras' and the first name to come up was Andy Warhol - an extremely famous artist.
He displayed his work in a gallery, the title of his collection being 'Big Shots'. Within this collection he "sought to capture the world with his camera" There was a total of 250 polaroids all together, some which mainly included famous figures. Before this however, he began to document his life in the 1960's, where he would take a camera with him everywhere he went. His aim was to show all aspects of his life, the private and the most public - this is the notion I want to bring to my work. This element of oneself in the images.
- Valentino, 1973
-Andy Warhol, Self portrait in Drag, 1981
The only thing with this type of work, is the actual images are set up. I don't feel there's a level of 'invading privacy' or sneaking into a moment with Warhols images, this is something Nan Goldin does which makes me enjoy her work more. They connote more emotive feelings and are intriguing to look at - you imagine the moment, who the person is, why they're acting in that way etc.
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