Back in March the Vienna-based WestLicht Museum of Photography purchased the International Polaroid Collection from the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, saving it from being sold off piecemeal with the rest of the bankrupt company’s holdings. Made up of 4,400 photos by 800 international artists, including such well-known names as Ansel Adams, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Andy Warhol, this massive body of work was shot primarily in the ’70s and ’80s using special custom made cameras and film that was not available on the market — all provided by Polaroid’s founder, Edwin Herbert Land. Beginning today, 350 of the images will go up on display in Austria; click through to view a selection of highlights from the collection, including our absolute favorite — ANDY SNEEZING.
Oliviero Toscani, Andy Warhol with camera, 1974. Polaroid Type 105. 3¼ x 4¼” © Oliviero Toscani/ WestLicht Collection.
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The polaroids should go on tour… First stop: LA! I would love to see them in person…
Polaroid is the canvas. We are the paintbrush. canvas+paintbrush=art!
i would love to see this in NYC. it would be awesome
[...] In the 70s and 80s, Polaroid’s founder, Edwin Herbert Land, provided prominent artists with custom-made cameras and film not available to the public. Big names like Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe and Ansel Adams were fans of the limited-edition technology and used it often, resulting in the 44,000-piece collection of Polaroid masterpieces now owned by Vienna-based WestLicht Museum of Photography. They’re displaying 350 of the photos now in Austria, but if you can’t catch a flight in time to check it out, Flavorwire has a preview. Link [...]
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These photos are gorgeous. Hopefully they’ll come to LA so we can see the whole show!
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Great move WestLicht Museum of Photography! We have a great Warhol exhibition up here in Chicago.
Andy Warhol: Shadows
21 April–29 July 2011
http://www.artsclubchicago.org/exhibitions/andy-warhol/gallery.html
Would love to see the Arts Club host these images!!
enjoy
Jay Strommen
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