Polaroid Self Portrait, 90 Polaroids, 2007

In this project, Polaroids are removed from their case in a darkroom, laid flat and exposed as a single, light sensitive array. After they are exposed, they are reinserted into the pack and –with the lens now covered- can be processed by simply pressing the camera's shutter and processing the film by ejecting it from the camera. By separating one-step photography into two irreducible steps of photochemical photography: exposure and chemical process, I disrupt the authority and authenticity inherent to Polaroid imaging. I am able to disorient an audience's preconceived understanding of how the world around them works.