Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 18

Stefanie Schneider
Primary Colors - Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, USA, Polaroid, Flag

2001

About the Item

Primary Colors (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001 Edition 1/5, 9 pieces, each 48x47cm, installed 159x156cm including 5 cm gap in between each piece. 9 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist based on the 9 original Polaroids. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection. Artist Inventory No. 313.01 Signed on verso with Certificate (COA). Ready to hang. Stefanie Schneider's photographs evoke scintillating moments suspended between daydreams and waking reality. Each scene, captured in the southwestern United States, radiates a surreal enchantment. The artist's role appears minimal yet pivotal, providing the decisive impulse that sets the imagery into motion. The figures in her photographs remain as elusive as the motivations behind their actions, and the narratives woven through her sequences are tantalizingly open to interpretation. Atmospheric disturbances in Schneider's work emerge as the result of a deliberate narrative arrangement, compelling viewers to navigate between visual mementos and the gaps in memory they conjure. Yet, her artistry is no less purposeful in its engagement with medium. Despite the inherent unpredictability of expired Polaroid film, Schneider wields it with calculated intent. The photo-chemical self-developing process, altered by age and decay, transforms the initial exposure into something alien yet mesmerizing. This dysfunction is a cornerstone of MIND SCREEN, a multi-part work that explores the fragility of reality, authenticity, and comprehension. Schneider juxtaposes this brittleness with a magical realism steeped in chimeras, crafting dreamlike sequences that resist definitive narratives. She entrusts viewers with the responsibility of piecing together presumed storylines, refusing to offer a manual for interpretation. Instead, her work draws us into a realm where the unreal reigns—shimmering scenes that evoke the mirage of a road movie, a moment of violence, or a tragic self-sacrifice. Film genres are invoked and subverted in a single breath: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders is reimagined through a rose-tinted lens, Thelma & Louise becomes an anthem of collective heroism, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly dissolve into mutual destruction. Schneider's imagery shimmers and flickers like an elusive vision, pulling viewers into a dream they cannot escape or verify. Reality and fantasy intertwine, leaving us captivated in a cinematic reverie where nothing is certain, yet everything feels achingly real.

More From This Seller

View All
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer - based on a Polaroid Original - Proof
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 Proof b4 Printing / 128x125cm signed, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, signed ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA - 2009 120x180cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on 15 original Polaroids. Certificate and S...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Max by the Fence - based on a Polaroid Original - Proof
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max by the Fence (29 Palms, CA) Proof Before Printing / 2005 Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist from a Polaroid, signed on the front. 128 × 125 cm The white border is for ha...
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Wedding Day V (Till Death do us Part)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Wedding Day V' (Till Death do us Part), 2005, 20x24cm, Edition 5/10, digital C-Print print, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 4329.17 not moun...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Leaving III (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving III (Sidewinder) - 2005 60x110cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 3463. Not mounted. Stefanie ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

D. and Felix - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
D. and Felix (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 Edition of 2/30. Image size 16 x 21.6 inch, External dimensions: 17.7 x 23.3 inch. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Mounted...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

You May Also Like

Equus on Blue by Tim Flach (Contemporary British Art, Equine Photography)
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times between 15-20 days. Edition of 9/75 All items are shipped as a print only and come unframed. Tim Flach is a g...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Jimmy Nelson - IX 125 // IX Maori, New Zealand, Photography 2011, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
"IX 125 - Gisborne Festival, North Island - New Zealand, 2011 The long and intriguing story of the origins of the indigenous Maori people can be traced back to the 13th century, the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VI 27 // VI Kazakhs, Mongolia, Photography 2011, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 29.13" X 24.41" Edition of 9 47.24" X 39.37" Edition of 6 66.93" X 55.12" Edition of 3 81.69" X 66.93" Edition of 1 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - XV 73 // XV Papua New Guinea, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
"XV 73 - Menaja Koke - Ponowi Village, Jalibu Mountains, Western Highlands - Papua New Guinea, 2010 Papua is where we started our two-month trip in Oceania. As a region it’s a lot e...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VI 14 // VI Kazakhs, Mongolia, Photography 2012, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 24.41" X 33.86" Edition of 9 55.12" X 78.74" Edition of 3 66.93" X 96.46" Edition of 1 VI 14 Khairatkhan, the eagle ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - XI 253D // XI Mursi, Ethiopia, Photography 2011, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
"XI 253D - Mursi, Hilao Moyizo Village - Omo Valley - Ethiopia, 2011 The nomadic Mursi people live in the lower area of Africa’s Great Rift Valley. Extreme drought has made it diff...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Recently Viewed

View All