Boneyard
The Boneyard is a symbolic place for the faded memories of grandeur and fame that encompass Las Vegas. It is a fitting end for these signs that when the glittering lights go out they are sequestered away to a dusty lot on the way out to the desert. These signs are the discarded totems of our age and are a reflection of our vanities on which time takes its unrelenting toll. My interest lies in the aesthetics of decay and the interplay between light, form, texture, and colour.
Polaroid transfers are made using peel-apart Polaroid film whereby the negative is used to transfer the colour dye to a different medium than the positive it was intended for. The film is peeled apart as soon as the picture is exposed. The Polaroid transfers on display are accomplished by projecting an image from a 35mm black and white Scala slide onto Polaroid 669 film and then transferring the image to print media paper. It is a difficult process as many times part of the image lifts up when the Polaroid backing is removed and there is little control over the exposure of the final print. Exposure compensation must be done when projecting the slide as the Polaroid negative is severely underexposed in the process and so will provide an unusable print.