Another advantage is that a number of the images may not be something you would be particularly interested in, but you are led to question why some things work for you and others don't. Where magical lighting is achieved, it seems to be a particular success given the lack of pretension of polaroids. The images contained here date from when it was still straightforward. Also like vinyl, it has become inexplicably very expensive, and much less effective and easy than it was before. But the polaroid seems to be hanging in there, and even to be staging a comeback, like vinyl. Postcards offered the same visual potential, but have sadly become almost obsolete as a format for art, unlike the heyday of Art Unlimited in Amsterdam. The small scale of the images, the fact they require a minimum of technical processing, is a huge plus. It is a wonderful medium, having a particular softness and spontaneity. Most of them date from the 70s to mid-90s, and the range of possibilities is well explored, from abstraction to portraits to arty effects of superimposition etc. It means you can, fairly easily, check on dates and titles, where there is a title. They seem to be set out fairly randomly, and are listed again at the back with small illustrations, but this time alphabetically by photographer. This is a very enjoyable book to go through like a slide show, allowing the photos to create visual patterns in the mind.
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