As an owner of a vintage Polaroid SX-70 camera, I often found myself in situations where the camera would produce ruined photos. What might have seemed like a nightmare for any photographer turned into a captivating exploration of forms and textures.
This project highlights the beauty of imperfection and randomness. In our digital age, analog photos — and for me, especially Polaroids — possess a unique charm. Sometimes, errors occur during the creation of these photos due to quirks in the development process, chemical reactions, or physical damage, leading to distortions that form abstract textures. The project explores the aesthetic value of these “failures” and their artistic perception. Experiments with injecting paints and chemicals under the film in new Polaroid cartridges using a syringe, followed by Photoshop processing, revealed unexpected color shifts and textures, serving as a kind of homage to Mark Rothko.
This series of works is not merely a digitization of film with random ruined frames, but a synthesis of the analog and digital worlds.
