The Polaroid Book. 40th Ed.
30Availability: In Stock"Celebrating the art of the instant camera."
The Polaroid Book. 40th Ed.
30Defining Moments
Shots from the world’s greatest collection of Polaroid images
The Polaroid Book dives into these archives, paying tribute to a medium that continues to defy the digital age. Like an oversized Polaroid film pack, this collection curates works by luminaries and unknowns alike, celebrating the boundless possibilities that develop inside the white borders of the original instant photograph.
Features:
- more than 250 works from the Polaroid Collections
- an essay by Polaroid’s Barbara Hitchcock on the beginnings of instant photography and the collection’s history
- a chapter featuring the various types of Polaroid cameras
The author
Barbara Hitchcock is the director of cultural affairs for the Polaroid Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts. She is responsible for acquiring artistic photographs for Polaroid and managing its traveling exhibitions and multi-million dollar art collections. She has curated several national exhibitions and currently collaborates with the Photography Collection Committee of the Harvard University Art Museums in Cambridge.
The editor
California-native Steve Crist's TASCHEN titles include André de Dienes's Marilyn, William Claxton's Steve McQueen, and The Polaroid Book.
The Polaroid Book. 40th Ed.
Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.02 kg, 456 pagesISBN 978-3-8365-9199-7
Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German)ISBN 978-3-8365-9200-0
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