Jeane Vogel Photography

About Hand-altered Polaroid Images

Among her many photographic techniques, Jeane Vogel uses hand-altered Polaroid images to see past reality to bring an alternative vision of the world into focus.  

A hand-altered Polaroid starts with an original image captured on vintage film with a vintage camera. As the image is developing, the artist manipulates the emulsion using a variety of tools, thus changing the shape of the image and the value of the colors. The original is then photographed or scanned and printed without further manipulation.

Polaroid Manipulation is not digital art – it is a combination of film and drawing techniques performed directly on the emulsion of the film.

And yes, it's true: Polaroid stopped making this film two years ago. In fact, by summer 2008, there will be no more Polaroid film made. Jeane stockpiled quite a bit of film but it's going quickly. This is a dying art form. Pity.

All images are 12x12 inches (matted and framed to 16x20), 16x16 (matted and framed to 20x20) or 20x20 inches (matted and framed to 24x24) pigment prints on Velvet Watercolor or similar art paper. Each print is hand-printed by the artist using only the finest all-archival paper, pigments, mats and backing boards. Frames are black matte museum standard. Some images are available on gallery-wrapped canvas, ready to hang. 

Each image is printed in a limited edition series of 200 prints (50 in each of 4 sizes).