Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 15

Stefanie Schneider
'Bates Motel' part 2 - Contemporary, Neon, Urban, expired, Polaroid, analog

2005

$1,200
£896.21
€1,039.92
CA$1,662.01
A$1,863.10
CHF 971.56
MX$22,837.04
NOK 12,311.34
SEK 11,704.78
DKK 7,759.15
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

'Bates Motel' part 2 (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji crystal archive paper, matte finish, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. artist inventory number: 1100.02 Not mounted. Stefanie is a dedicated artist to the medium of 'expired instant film' and built the worlds best analog darkroom to produce her works from concept to finished work of art. Schneider became the muse to her own medium in 2010 when an admirer bought the last remaining instant film production factory left in the world just before it's destruction, therefore saving the medium from obligation. The full circle complete and it was called Impossible. The photos 4-10 showing the artist's studio working in summer 2016. 'Primary Colors' is for sale at 1st dibs as well. (image 9) Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most important artists of the American narrative of the 20th and 21st century? Born in Germany in 1968, photographer Schneider divides her time between Berlin and Los Angeles. Her process begins in the American West, in locations such as the planes and deserts of Southern California, where she photographs her subjects. In Berlin, Schneider develops and enlarges her works by hand. What is initially most striking about Schneider's images is perhaps simply the color of her expired Polaroids but her role in preserving the use of Polaroid film is one aspect of her work that has gained great respect from her contemporaries and the critics, as her work came about during a time when the Polaroid, a symbol of American photography, was on the road to extinction. This theme of preservation and deterioration is a core part of Schneider's oeuvre. In an interview in October 2014 with Artnet, the artist explained how her own experiences of pain and loss inspire her. ''My work resembles my life: Love, lost and unrequited, leaves its mark in our lives as a senseless pain that has no place in the present.'' Schneider's subjects are often featured in apocalyptic settings: desert planes, trailer parks, oilfields, run-down motels and empty beaches, alone, or if not, not connected with one another. ''It is the tangible experience of ''absence'' that has inspired my work,'' explained Schneider. (Barnebys UK, May 3, 2017

More From This Seller

View All
Bates Motel II - Contemporary, Neon, Urban, expired, Polaroid, analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 78x76cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bates Motel V (The Last Picture Show) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel V (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the original...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bates Motel (The Last picture Show) - 6 pieces - analog, Contemporary, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, 20x20cm each, installed 43x66cm. 6 Archival C-Prints, based on the 6 original Polaroids. Certific...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Village Motel, Raining (The Last Picture Show)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Village Motel, Raining (The Last Picture Show) - 2006 This is Artist Proof 1/2 (sold out Edition of 5) - 58x56cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Bates Motel' part 1 - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Bates Motel' part 1 (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed and enlarged by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bates Motel IV (The Last Picture Show) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel IV (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the origina...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

You May Also Like

Vegas 16 15– Emma Summerton, Polaroid, Architecture, Motel, Street photography
By Emma Summerton
Located in Zurich, CH
Emma SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia) Vegas 16 15, 2007 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Paper 100 x 120 cm (39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in.) Edition of 5, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 2/5 Print only Australian born Emma Summerton (*1970) graduated from the National Art School in Sydney, where she studied fine arts majoring in Photography. Summerton moved to London in 1998, where she worked as an assistant to artist Fiona Banner...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

AC View– Emma Summerton, Polaroid, Architecture, Colour, Cityscape, Night, Light
By Emma Summerton
Located in Zurich, CH
Emma SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia) AC View, 2008 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Paper 100 x 120 cm (39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in.) Edition of 5, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 2/5 Print only Australian born Emma Summerton (*1970) graduated from the National Art School in Sydney, where she studied fine arts majoring in Photography. Summerton moved to London in 1998, where she worked as an assistant to artist Fiona Banner...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Miquel Arnal Set of Polaroid Photographs
By Miquel Arnal
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Polaroid photographs by Miquel Arnal. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Material: Photographic paper ...
Category

1990s Spanish Post-Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

"Farmhouse Motel" Type C Metallic Print
By Jen Zahigian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jen's love of photography began as a child, when her grandfather, a photographer, gave her a camera. However, it wasn't until she graduated from UC Berkeley that photography became a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Miquel Arnal Set of Polaroid Photographs
By Miquel Arnal
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Polaroid photographs by Miquel Arnal. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Material: Photographic paper ...
Category

1990s Spanish Post-Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

Miquel Arnal Set of Polaroid Photographs
By Miquel Arnal
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Polaroid photographs by Miquel Arnal. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Material: Photographic paper ...
Category

1990s Spanish Post-Modern Photography

Materials

Paper