Polaroid manipulation question

[aibohfobia]

I was browsing through flickr when I stumbled on this guy's photos, I find his pictures are very intruging and I'd like to know what kind of manipulation/process he used to create such great images. I don't think he transferred (thought this was only possible with colour film) or something but I've got no idea what else he could've done.
http://flickr.com/photos/pierrehebert/2400692740/in/photostream/

Please help!

 

[ann]

i think it is 55 polariod which is 4x5 negative film. either printed showing the rebate and then the was print scanned and a plugin frame added, or scanned the negative and did some pp in an editing program.

55 was a lovely film .....sigh

 

[aibohfobia]

He shot his photos in 665 film, don't think he used his computer for editing whatsoever, I have a polaroid-art book here, and there is more of this.

 

[Helen B]

665 is the smaller, pack version of 55. 665 is also out of production, and Fuji don't make an equivalent material. Why not just use medium format or large format B&W negative material, and experiment with the processing to get the tonality you would like?

Best,
Helen

 

[aibohfobia]

I know 665 film is out of production (plenty on eBay though), and I don't really care what film he used. I'm just very curious what it is that makes his edges look kinda burned/overflood with acid + the whole 'look' of his photos.

 

[christopher walrath]

He might have just rubbed the emulsion at some point during the process. Perhaps not these images, but lightly rubbing the emulsion can have a strange affect on the final image. Read about it in either View Camera or Lenswork a few years ago. Always wanted to give it a go, just never got around to it I guess.

 

[Helen B]

I know 665 film is out of production (plenty on eBay though), and I don't really care what film he used. I'm just very curious what it is that makes his edges look kinda burned/overflood with acid + the whole 'look' of his photos.

We've been trying to tell you that it's the film he used - the edges of the negative have that sort of a look.

Best,
Helen

 

[christopher walrath]

Might have rubbed in from the edges for kind of a softening effect kinda thing. The possibilitird are limitless.