Observations
Since the dawn of photography in the mid-1800s, a powerful impulse of photographers has been to observe and record what they see: places near and far, people, natural phenomena, and human events. Although Polaroid's instant image evolved nearly a century after photography's invention, this interest in the direct recording of the invisible world never diminished. Many photographers who took up Polaroid cameras and films - such as Ansel Adams, Chuck Close, and Barbara Crane - chose to confront the real world head-on, using Polaroid as a framing device to create direct, seemingly natural images of their subjects.
Observations
Since the dawn of photography in the mid-1800s, a powerful impulse of photographers has been to observe and record what they see: places near and far, people, natural phenomena, and human events. Although Polaroid's instant image evolved nearly a century after photography's invention, this interest in the direct recording of the invisible world never diminished. Many photographers who took up Polaroid cameras and films - such as Ansel Adams, Chuck Close, and Barbara Crane - chose to confront the real world head-on, using Polaroid as a framing device to create direct, seemingly natural images of their subjects.