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Figurative Photography For Sale
Artist: Stefanie Schneider
Artist: Tyler Shields
Happiness (Suburbia) - with Radha Mitchell - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Happiness (Suburbia) - 2004
28x37cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label with Certificate,
Not mounted.
Artist Inventory # 408.
Stefanie Schn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lost (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lost (Suburbia) - 2004
40x50cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label with Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 1670.
Not mounted...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Beachshoot Mini #08 - mounted - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis -
The size of a Polaroid.
Untitled #8 (Beachshoot), 2005.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid.
Signed and signature brand on verso.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Everything put Together (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Everything put Together (Suburbia) 2004,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label with Certificate.
Artist invento...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Playgirl (Heavenly Falls)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Playgirl (Heavenly Falls) 2016,
50x50cm, Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number: 19598.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print
Untitled (Oilfields)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) - 2004
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 1207.
Not mounted.
OILFIELDS...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Stevie's new Dress (Sidewinder) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stevie's new Dress (Sidewinder) 2005,
125x156cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper,
based on the Polaroid, signed on verso. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Austen and Daisy in front of Trailer II (Till Death do us Part) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Austen and Daisy in front of Trailer II' (Till Death do Us part), 2005 -
128x126 cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid,
Certific...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frenzy (Sidewinder) - not mounted, analog, last Edition - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Frenzy (Sidewinder) - 2005
125x156cm, Edition 5/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper,
based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3048.05,
Not mounted.
This piece was used by the Salzburger Festspiele 2008 for the main image campaign.
Stefanie Schneider, Sidewinder
Exhibit • Galeries of the City of Salzburg • Galerie am Mozartplatz
July 16 – August 29, 2008
“For love is as strong as death” – this motto, taken from King Salomon’s Song of Songs, is at the programmatic center of the Salzburg Festival...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Wind Power (California Badlands) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Desert, Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wind Power (California Badlands) - 2021
24x34cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 4595.
Not mounte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Taking Turns (Till Death Do Us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Taking Turns (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2006
20x24cm,.
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Trees on Wilcox (150x150cm) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 20th Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
148x146cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label, artist inventory number: 39...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Floaties #4 (Beachshoot) - Polaroid, Vintage, analog, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Floaties #4 (Beachshoot) - 2005
20x20cm,
sold out Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inventory # 1436,
Not mounted.
The Tooth of Time
It is obvious that the photographer Stefanie Schneider has a background in film. All her pictures live from the dust-filled eroticism of American road movies. For Hitchhikers, the thirty-seven-year-old artist sent her protagonists into the desert.
The air shimmers. Desert. A highway, massive autos, dusty kisses. One is familiar with these sorts of images from films, even if one hasn't yet seen this particular one. In any case, it seems to be older: The tooth of time has gnawed at the photos; they are discolored, strangely and incorrectly exposed, covered with white spots.
False! The photographic series Hitchhikers was created this year; the photos got their patina because the photographer Stefanie Schneider only uses film which has passed its expiration date by up to five years, and which accordingly reacts to light in unpredictable ways. Where one's assumptions are correct is in the matter of the cinematic allusions: Schneider received a degree in film at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen and was a cutter for several years. In the USA, she was responsible for the scene photos in the feature-film debut (Everything put together) of Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) and out of that collaboration developed her own photographic series Suburbia.
Hitchhikers is similarly structured and actually consists of stills, in this case without the accompanying film: loosely staged pictures in which the protagonists have space for spontaneous improvisations. No plot, but moods that seem familiar to us. Schneider remarks that during the shooting she was thinking of Thelma and Louise.
The series is marketed along with other works of Schneider by the Editions Galerie Lumas, the Galerie Caprice Horn in Berlin, and the Zurich gallery nd-projects. The Lumas branch in Munich is featuring Schneider in the exhibition Polaroid Movie through February 28, and starting on February 23 the feature film Stay runs, in which Schneider's pictures play a crucial role. And the thirty-seven-year-old artist, who lives alternately in Berlin and Los Angeles, continues to work on her filmography. At the moment she is developing along with Marc Forster a concept of transferring her typical photographic aesthetic into moving pictures...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print,
based on the Polaroid.
Signat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
It's gonna be ok (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's gonna be ok (Till Death do us Part) - 2006
20x24cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 8781.
Not m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Childhood Memories (Stay) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Film,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Childhood Memories (Stay) from the Ryan Gosling's memory sequence, 2006,
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, matte surface, based on the Polaroid. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (The Last Picture Show) - 2005,
Edition 2/10, 20x20cm,
Based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and signature label,
Not mounted, Artist inve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tears - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tears' - 2013
(The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
75x93cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist,
based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Childhood Memories - 21st Century, Polaroid, Beach, Ocean, Dog, Contempoary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Childhood Memories (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence - 2006
58x56cm,
Edition of 5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, matte surfa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Blue Bridge - based on a Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Blue Bridge (Stranger than Paradise), 1999
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid.
Sandwiched in betwee...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Childhood Memories (Stay) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Film,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Planet of the Apes XI - Polaroid, Color, Nude, Men, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Planet of the Apes XI, 1999,
Edition 1/10, 40x40cm,
Signature label and Certificate.
not mounted,
Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schul...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Crow Burial - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analogue, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crow Burial III (Sidewinder) 20 x 20 cm, 2005,
Edition 4/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Artist Inventory 3507.04,
not mounted
Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters.
Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction.
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.
“It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”)
Exhibitions Selected (selected)
2018
Participation Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, USA (G) March
Available to All, Rough Play Projects - Site Specific, Joshou Tree, USA (G) curated by Deborah Martin with Adam Berg, Doron Gazit, Kellan Barnebey, Chris Sanchez, Aili Schmelzt
2017
BLICKFELD Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)
Rosegallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica (G)
Magie des Moments, Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G)
2016
Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin
(S)
2015
Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky
The Ballery in Heat, The Ballery, Berlin (G)
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G)
2014
Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G)
6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G)
Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others
2013
Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award 2013 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis)
Images
For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding, Shirana Shahbazi, Sophie Calle, Martin Kippenberger, Arnulf Rainer, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Grosse, Jonathan Meese & others (catalog)
The Girl behind the White Picket Fence, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (S)
Heather's Dream, Short, German Competition Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Multimedia Presentation with Artist Stefanie Schneider, Palms Springs Art Museum, Annenberg Theater
The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, (G) with Ansel Adams, Bruce Charlesworth, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Charles and Ray Eames, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Oppenheim, Andy Warhol and others, (catalog)
Road Atlas - Straßenfotografie, DZ Bank Collection: Kunsthalle Erfurt (Spring), Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt/Main, (G) with Helen Levitt, Pieter Hugo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Pietro Donzelli, and others (catalog)
2012
Stranger Than Paradise, Christian Hohmenn Fine Art, Palms Desert, (S)
Stefanie Schneider, Gallery at Cliff Lede Vineyards, Napa Valley, CA, (S)
Bienale Art Auction 2012, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, (G), with Ai Weiwei, John Baldessari, Christo, Ed Ruscha, Christopher Russell, and others.
MUSES, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G) with Kourtney Roy and Eric Weeks
Polaroid (IM)POSSIBLE - THE WESTLICHT COLLECTION, NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf (G), (catalog)
Road Atlas - Straßenfotografie, DZ Bank Collection: Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, (G), (catalog)
Studio Scholorship, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, May 2012
Selling Sex, ShowStudio Gallery, London (G) with Cortney Andrews, Una Burke, Liz Cohen, Inge Jacobsen
Stranger Than Paradise, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, (S)
2011
Kunst zu verlosen ! // Art to raffle off !, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, (G) with Monica Bonvicini, Tim Eitel, Olafur Eliasson, Pipilotti Rist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - 2 Minis from the Beachshoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
2 Stefanie Schneider's Minis
from the Beachshoot: The Diva and the Boy
signed on front, not mounted
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on original expired Polaroid photographs
P...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid, Lambda
Cherry Tree Blossoms from Till Death do us Part
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cherry Tree Blossoms' (Till Death do us Part), diptych, 2006,
20x20cm each, installed 20x45, Edition 5/10, digital C-Prints, based on 2 Polaroids.
Certificate and Signature label,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Penny Lane (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Penny Lane (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017
20x24cm, Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Artist inventory 21327B.
Signature...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nipple - Bathtime III (29 Palms, CA) based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nipple - Bathtime IV (29 Palms, CA)
1999, 40x40cm, Edition 1/10,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist inventory ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Meet me in front of Church 2 o'clock sharp - Sidewinder, 18 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Meet me in front of Church 2 o'clock sharp (Sidewinder) 2005,
18 pieces, installed 154x379cm installed including gaps, 48x59cm each,
Edition 4/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper,
based on 18 Polaroids, Certificate and Signature labels
artist Inventory No. 30568.04, not mounted
The series 'Sidewinder' was used by the Salzburger Festspiele 2008 for the main image campaign:
Stefanie Schneider, Sidewinder
Exhibit • Galeries of the City of Salzburg • Galerie am Mozartplatz
July 16 – August 29, 2008
“For love is as strong as death” – this motto, taken from King Salomon’s Song of Songs, is at the programmatic center of the Salzburg Festival...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
After All (Cyndi Lauper) - 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
"After All" (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' Cyndi Lauper record Album) - 2009
20x20cm,
Edition - 5, plus 2 Artists Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid,
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
'Untitled' based on an original Polaroid, 20th Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (29 Palms, CA), 1999, 20x24cm,
Edition 1/10, Photograph printed on Velvet Watercolor,
based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label, not mounted
Artist Inventory Num...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Farewell (Haley and the Birds) - Contemporary, Landscape, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Farewell (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory No. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Curtains (Cyndi Lauper) - 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
"Curtains" (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' Cyndi Lauper record Album) - 2009,
20x20cm, Edition 3/5, plus 2 Artists Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Cer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Be Aware (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Be Aware (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
2013, 20x24cm, Edition 7/10.
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 15705.15.
N...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Peanut and Jill (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Peanut and Jill (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017
50x50cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Artist inventory 20053.
Signature label and Certificat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999,
20 x 20 cm, Edition 5/10,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid
Artist Inventory 3182.18.
Not mounted
Stefanie Schneider's s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Treasure II - Stage of Consciousness - 29 Palms, CA, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Treasure II - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) 2007,
58x69cm, Edition 2/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Achive Paper, matte finish,
based on a P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Girl Nude at Window - Bathtime III (29 Palms, CA) based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl Nude at Window - Bathtime III (29 Palms, CA) - 1999,
40x40cm, Edition 2/10,
Digital C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Jules and Jim (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
'Jules and Jim' (Reneé's Dream - 29 Palms, CA), 2007
signed and signature brand on verso
Lambda digital Color Photographs base...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid, Lambda
Calliope (50x50cm) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21 Century, Color, Mystical
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Calliope (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Stefanie ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Henry watching Athena Dance II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Ryan Gosling
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry watching Athena Dance (Stay) - 2006,
78x76cm, 2006, Edition 4/5
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Womb - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, 21st Century, Polaroid, photograph, life
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Womb #02 - 2006,
56x55cm, Edition 2/5,
Analog C-Print, printed by hand by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper.
Based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
artist In...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'Bates Motel' part 1 - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
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 Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Memories of Love - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Women, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Memories of Love' (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
50x50cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signature ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ok Corral - part 2- (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise), - 1999,
20x20 cm, Edition 5/10,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 318_2.18,
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters.
Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction.
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.
“It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”)
Exhibitions Selected (selected)
2018
Participation Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, USA (G) March
Available to All, Rough Play Projects - Site Specific, Joshou Tree, USA (G) curated by Deborah Martin...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Red Shoes - Stage of Consciousness - starring Radha Mitchell - Artist Proof 2/2
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Red Shoes' (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007,
20x24cm, sold out Edition of 10, Artist Proof 2/2,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inve...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Polaroid
Dust Bowl Blues (Heavenly Falls)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dust Bowl Blues (Heavenly Falls)
2016, 20x24cm, Edition 2/10,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Mindscreen 4 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mindscreen 4 - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on back with Certificate.
artist Inventory No. 245A.06.
Not mou...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Car Wash (Instantdreams) - Contemporary, Landscape, Cityscape, expired, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Car Wash (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory N...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A Memory - Strange Love
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'A Memory' (Strange Love) - 2010,
20x24cm, Edition 1/10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 6131.01,
Not mounted.
“I nev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Three Girls II (Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Three Girls II' (Last Picture Show), 2006, 20x20cm, Edition 8/10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No 714.16,
not mounted
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
When we were friends II (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When we were friends (Suburbia) - 2004, 28x37cm,
Edition of 10, digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid.
Signature label with Certificate, unmounted.
The project "Suburbia" wa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream XIII (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream XIII (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2006
20x20cm,
Edition of 10
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and certificate.
Artist...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Crow Burial II (Sidewinder)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crow Burial II (Sidewinder) 20 x 20 cm, 2005,
Edition 4/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 3505.04, not mounted
Stefanie Schneider...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
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