Process for Photographing the Photo Based Reliefs








Process for Photographing the Photo Based Reliefs
1. testing different
positions of the
construction
2. selecting the colors
3.fine tuning the lighting
4.Red Yellow Polaroid 20” x 24” Collection: Brooklyn Museum 1982
Photo/Construction
20” x 24”x 4”, 1984
Photo/Cutout
23” x 16 ”x 7”, 1996
This shoot was set up at the Polaroid Studios at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. 1982 It was a tremendous studio. It took hours to set up the shoot. The technician pressed the button on the Polaroid camera. The camera was the size of a small refrigerator. 60 seconds later, out came this ”20”x24”photograph. It was incredible. Each print is unique. There are no negatives. There were 7, 20” x 24” cameras in the world. Five are still in existence.
The processes from beginning to end originated in my studio for the Photo/Constructions and Photo/Cutouts. Yellow Blue is part of the European Polaroid Collection at the Westlicht Museum, Vienna, Austria
KATINKA MANN