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Instant Exposure: A Habit of Documenting
Instant Exposure: A Habit of Documenting pairs Polaroids taken by Andy Warhol between 1975 and 1986 with Polaroids taken by El Paso-based artists Beatrice Macias-Caballero and Julio Barrera. Warhol used Polaroids like sketches, taking hundreds of photographs of his subjects and choosing a select few to enlarge and produce silkscreened paintings. Drawn to the immediate and tangible results as well as the uniform size, ease of use, and accessibility of the Polaroid camera, Warhol was able to archive friends, artists, celebrities, and politicians, in addition to everyday household and domestic objects. Beatrice Macias-Caballero uses Polaroids as a means to document landscapes and street scenes. Julio Barrera uses them as a visual diary, capturing strangers walking down the street and other neighborhood happenings.
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Instant Exposure: A Habit of Documenting pairs Polaroids taken by Andy Warhol between 1975 and 1986 with Polaroids taken by El Paso-based artists Beatrice Macias-Caballero and Julio Barrera. Warhol used Polaroids like sketches, taking hundreds of photographs of his subjects and choosing a select few to enlarge and produce silkscreened paintings. Drawn to the immediate and tangible results as well as the uniform size, ease of use, and accessibility of the Polaroid camera, Warhol was able to archive friends, artists, celebrities, and politicians, in addition to everyday household and domestic objects. Beatrice Macias-Caballero uses Polaroids as a means to document landscapes and street scenes. Julio Barrera uses them as a visual diary, capturing strangers walking down the street and other neighborhood happenings.
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