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Stefanie Schneider
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Village Motel Blue - based on the Polaroid - mounted

2005

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Stefanie Schneider's Minis Village Motel Blue (The last Picture Show), 2005 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in between Plexiglass (thickness 0.7cm) Polaroid sized open Editions 1999-2013 10.7 x 8.8cm (Image 7.9x7.7cm) What makes Stefanie Schneider’s work so unique is that it’s immediately recognizable. Distinctively ‘wabi-sabi’ in appearance and content. Dreamlike, colorful with depth and vision. From start to finish, a truly self-made artist with a distinctively female perspective. Stefanie Schneider lives and works in the high desert of Southern California where her scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambiance for loosely woven storylines and a cast of phantasmic characters. Schneider's Polaroid photography is often described as "timeless," "nostalgic," and "dreamlike." Her use of expired Polaroid film, with its unpredictable colors and textures, creates a sense of unreality in her images and creates a sense of fragmentation and ambiguity that blurs the boundaries between past and present, and it creates a sense of memory as a fluid, shifting concept. Schneider's interest in Americana motifs, particularly those associated with the 1950s and 1960s, speaks to a sense of longing for a bygone era. Her images of motels, diners, and vintage cars evoke a sense of nostalgia for a time that may never have existed in reality. At the same time, these motifs are often paired with images of decay and abandonment, which suggest a darker, more complex interpretation of the American dream. Schneider's depictions of women are also a significant aspect of her art. Her female subjects are often depicted in states of undress, but the images are not intended to be exploitative or objectifying. Rather, they are intended to explore the complexity of human relationships and emotions. Schneider's women are often depicted in moments of vulnerability, suggesting a sense of shared humanity and a challenge to traditional notions of female beauty and perfection. 
 Overall, Schneider's Polaroid photography is a deeply evocative exploration of memory, nostalgia, and the human experience. Her art challenges viewers to question their own perceptions of reality and to consider the complex, shifting nature of time and memory. Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen, Bombay Beach Biennale.

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Stefanie Schneider Minis - Dr. Pepper - based on a Polaroid, mounted
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Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Dr. Pepper (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2008 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in betwe...
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Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Party's over -based on a Polaroid, Radha Mitchell
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Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Party's over (Oxana's 30th Birthday), 2008 featuring Radha Mitchell Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Stefanie Schneider Minis - Salt'n Sea - based on a Polaroid, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Salt'n Sea (California Badlands) - 2010 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in between...
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A Stefanie Schneider Mini - Moonwalk (29 Palms, CA)
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Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Moonwalk' (29 Palms, CA), 2006 signed and signature brand on verso Lambda digital Color Photograph based on a Polaroid Polaroid sized open Editions 1999-...
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Stefanie Schneider Minis - Saigon - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Saigon (Stranger than Paradise), 2003 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Sandwiched in between Ple...
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Stefanie Schneider Minis - GASOLINE I - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Gasoline I (Stranger than Paradise), 1999 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Sandwiched in between...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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