Stefanie Schneider

This will always be my Memory (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century

2006

Innocence (Stay) - 2006 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 2262. Not m...

Childhood Memories (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence - 2006 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, matte surface, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature la...

Nida is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Baltic coastline of Lithuania. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed and ...

Diana H. Bloomfield "Figurative" Statement I began this ongoing series of my daughter over eighteen years ago. These particular images work as narratives. Alone, or in combination, they have a story to tell. As metaphorical portraits, they suggest the essence of a person, rather than offer any literal interpretation. I like to think of these as visual vignettes that suggest half-remembered, fragmented dream worlds. They borrow from the past, my fugitive and skewed memories of that past, and fleeting moments in time. These multi-layered prints and the frequent use of toy and pinhole cameras offer a sense of movement and fluidity. The repeated layerings are meant to add a tonality and saturated richness, yet each layer also serves to remove all the hard, clearly defined edges and sharp clarity. A softness and ambiguity results— much the way we see and remember. I choose to print in 19th century hand-applied printing processes. These antique printing...