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Photo Gallery Instant Art

Just as vinyl records are making a comeback with hipsters everywhere, so too is analog photography. Polaroid cameras, with their retro looks and translucent pictures, are part of that trend. Artists are also getting in on the act, manipulating Polaroid film in various creative ways.
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Instant picture art by Filippo Centenari.

Foto: Filippo Centenari
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Here the artist uses tools at the time the picture is developing.

Foto: Filippo Centenari
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Centenari also uses his fingers to change the Polaroids.

Foto: Filippo Centenari
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Here the artist uses paintbrushes.

Foto: Filippo Centenari
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You have to be sure to be finished before the instant pictures dries.

Foto: Filippo Centenari
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Italian Polaroid fan, Simone Frignani, lives in Berlin, works in the Instant Film Shop and makes art using instant film.

Foto: Simone Frignani
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Frignani makes collages by taking the backs of the Polaroid pictures off.

Foto: Simone Frignani
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He uses acrylic colours and Letraset letters to make art with Polaroids.

Foto: Simone Frignani
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He also uses water and alcohol to change the Polaroids as they develop.

Foto: Simone Frignani
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Polaroid art by Simone Frignani.

Foto: Simone Frignani
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He also makes collages using Polaroids.

Foto: Simone Frignani
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Italian architect Paolo Degasperi is another Polaroid artist.

Foto: Paolo Degasperi
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He works with the Polaroids in a dark room.

Foto: Paolo Degasperi
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A diptych of Polaroid art by Degasperi.

Foto: Paolo Degasperi
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Degasperi manipulates the Polaroids' colours.

Foto: Paolo Degasperi
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He works with the negative effects of his Polaroids in a dark room.

Foto: Paolo Degasperi
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