A Polaroid triptych, made on June 2, 1978

gk fotografie · Mar 27, 2020

I'm currently "dredging" my basement and then you come across nice things in boxes full of memories. My Polaroid SX70 executive model, I still have it, everything still works, but I took the skin off for the most part last year because of mold, I bought it somewhere in March/April 1978.
These Polaroids were made on June 2, 1978 and me, a 22 year old photography student at the time standing in front of a skylight through which morning light fell.
The effect of the deformation is achieved by bending (a little too far) a so-called gloss plate of approx. 30x40 cm which was used to obtain high-gloss photos in combination with a special photo dryer. The old, film photographers will still remember those plates and dryers.

Gerard

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Derrel · Mar 27, 2020

Nice!

terri · Mar 27, 2020

Nice ones, especially the one on the end with the extended fingers.

I'm always impressed by the way these emulsions stand the test of time. The colors still are strong here. 1978, and an SX70 - I'm guessing these are Time Zero prints?

Good lord, I miss real Polaroid film! *sob*

dxqcanada · Mar 27, 2020

Ah, the Good Old Days ...
Remember when we used to put our heads in the print heat press' ... Ok, maybe not.
I see that in you were an arteeest in your yuut .

gk fotografie · Mar 28, 2020

terri said:
Nice ones, especially the one on the end with the extended fingers.

I'm always impressed by the way these emulsions stand the test of time. The colors still are strong here. 1978, and an SX70 - I'm guessing these are Time Zero prints?

Good lord, I miss real Polaroid film! *sob*

I'm really becoming a huge fossil, had to search the Internet for Time Zero print. These are (1978) original Polaroid SX-70 prints, the SX-70 Time zero replacement was introduced in the year 1980. I don't know if it was the same in the rest of the world, but late 1970's Polaroid Netherlands (Polaroid SX-70 packs were produced "almost in my backyard" in the factory in Enschede NL where the Impossible project also started later) had a nice thing where you could return failed SX-70 images, I thought per 8 pieces , after which you got a new SX-70 pack sent to your home for free and I really took advantage of that. I've always kept Polaroids, black and white/color negatives, slides, prints, etc. in the dark, the colors are indeed very good after 42 years.

K9Kirk · Mar 28, 2020

Nice shots ... You were on the ball in '78. I was just graduating that year and my only concern was learning how to make boilermakers and getting proficient at the game, "Quarters."
For me, photography came along in '83.