Diego Uchitel has long revered the Polaroid for its dreamlike color and depth, and over the course of his 25-year career, he has continually sought to conjure these qualities in his fashion and celebrity photography. Uchitel used Polaroid film from 1982 to 2006, until the digital camera became an unavoidable replacement.
This volume is his loving homage to the medium that helped define his style--a selection of his favorite images, both commercial and personal, of models, fashion designers and celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Gabriel Byrne, Sofia Coppola, Diane von Furstenberg, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler, Julianne Moore, and Sting, as well as landscape photographs.
Polaroids is awash with the tonal warmth and artifact feel of Polaroid film, from its splendid design to the photographs themselves, which are reproduced in their original (and current) condition, with traces of tape and little signs of wear and tear around their edges.
The book is bound in linen with a tip-on image. Each copy is personally signed by Diego Uchitel.
Limited Edition copy of Diego Uchitel Prints, 1st Edition with 8x10 Archival Print included with purchase: Giraffe Manor, Kenya, 2001 available.
