Polaroid Emulsion Lifts
Branded. Floyd County, Texas.
Cotton Field. Leroy, Alabama.
In the Grass. Abilene, Texas.
The Walking Tree. Palo Duro Canyon, Texas.
Texas's Son. Abilene, Texas.
Triumph. Wichita Falls, Texas.
Where the Tourists Don't Go. Tombstone, Arizona.
Lazy Pelicans. Grand Isle State Park, Louisiana.
Pecan Grove. Artesia, New Mexico.
Feed Yard. Texas Panhandle.
There Are Still Two. French Quarter, New Orleans.
Dried Flowers. Palo Duro Canyon, Texas
Road Hunt. Abilene, Texas.
The View Looking Back. Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma.
Street Mother. Abilene, Texas.
Tourist Voodoos. Laura Plantation, Louisiana.
The Land Remembers. Black Kettle National Grasslands, Oklahoma.
Tumbleweed. Whitewater Draw, New Mexico.
Saguaro in the Golden Hour. Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Neapolitan Ice Cream. Death Valley, California.
Vintage Boots. Death Valley, California.
Mother Earth's Colors. Death Valley, California.
Moon Watch. Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona.
Saguaro Variation. Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona.
On the Horizon. Texas Panhandle.
Jailhouse, Courtland, Arizona.
Horse Graveyard. Pima County, Arizona.
Death Valley Raven. Furnace Creek, California.
Mojave Coyote. Death Valley, California.
Mojave Moon. Death Valley, California.
Mountains. Death Valley, California.
Those Roots. Guadalupe River State Park, Texas.
Breath. Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, California.
Grow. Fresno County, California.
Plague Ship. Oakland Park, California.
Watering the West. Cochise County, Arizona.
Tenacious Mountain Tree. Gilda National Forest, New Mexico.
A Desert Mystery. High Lonesome Rd, Cochise County, Arizona.
Going Home to Mexico After School. New Mexico/ Mexico Border
Something Old. Nebraska.
Light. Monterey Bay Aquarium, California.
Coastline. Big Sur, California.
Chinatown View, San Francisco, California.
Border Wall. Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona.
Feels. Redwood National Forest, California.
Quick Look. Grand Canyon, Desert View Drive, Arizona.
Green. Orick, California.
A Lot Going On Here. Amargosa Valley, Nevada.
Perfect Tree. City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.
Light. Chetco River, Oregon.
Reflections. Harris Beach State Park, Oregon.
Dirt Road. Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona.
Vintage Boots II. Navajo National Monument, Arizona.
Wildflowers. Sonoran Desert, North Phoenix.
Road Through Fire. Valley of Fire, Nevada.
Harsh Light. Fountain Hills, Arizona.
One-Way Views. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Elk. Orick, California.
Textures. Big Sur, California.
Desert Treasure. North Phoenix, Arizona.
Crab. Los Osos, California.
Eating Pavement. Hillsboro, New Mexico.
Hillside. Mendocino County, California.
Choking. Sequoia National Park, California.
Secrets. Montana de Oro State Park, California.
Street Art. Mobile, Alabama.
Roadside Charm. Mendocino, California.
Octopus. Monterey Bay Aquarium, California.
Rain. Mendocino County, California.
California Ground Squirrel. Morro Bay, California.
The Alamo. San Antonio, Texas.
Sea Lion. Monterey Bay, California.
Cactus Wren. Tucson, Arizona.
Desert Bloom. Brawley, California.
Texture Rows. Wildrose Charcoal Kilns, Death Valley, California.
Otter. Morro Bay, California.
Hoping for Bats. Austin, Texas.
Light. Flemingsberg, Kentucky.
Orange. Porterville, California.
Lunch Guest. Davenport, California.
Blue Heron. Morro Bay, California.
Desert Bunny. McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Arizona.
Joshua Tree. Joshua Tree National Park, California.
Seascape. Del Monte Forest, California.
Fire. Valley of Fire State Park. Nevada.
Desert Canaries. Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Arizona.
Surprises. The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
Pony Rides. Geronimo Trail, Arizona.
Perfect. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
A Long Road. La Grange, Texas.
Acorn Tree. Clear Water State Park, California.
Slow Cooking. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans.
Waves. Imperial Sand Dunes, California.
One Of the Most Dangerous Roads in the World. Oatman Rd.
Forever Valley. Death Valley, California.
Time. Peach Springs, Arizona.
Magic. Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona.
The Wonder. Sequoia National Park, California.
Absorb. Sequoia National Park, California.
Forever. Death Valley, California.
Power. Hoover Dam, Nevada.
To the Stars. Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona.
Tohono O'odham Man in the Maze. Why, Arizona.
Desert Horse. Arivaca, Arizona.
March 2020. Stapleton, Nebraska.
Heartland Road. Cimarron National Grasslands, Kansas.
After the Rain. French Quarter, New Orleans
Polaroid Emulsion Lifts from traveling across country: October 30, 2019- March 26, 2020.The images created from this process are nostalgia incarnate. Each one takes on its own unique ephemeral quality from the emulsion lift process. Not quite an exact replica of reality. Memory folded. Warped and bent. I thought the medium went well with the fleeting qualities of memories made on road trips. They just sort of slip away, except for the big moments. Even those are fuzzy.
Each image is created by removing the plastic sheeting off the polaroid photograph soon after it develops and “lifting” the emulsion (the image) from the backing material by soaking it in warm water. Then gently catching the floating emulsion and reapplying it to a new surface. In this case 6” x 6” acid free 246 pound paper. (Process explained here)▪️