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Island Haze - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Super Cannes - Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, P...

The Red Night - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Last Homestown - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bailey is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Scarlett - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Valley of the Sun - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Dreaming - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

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

Red Alert - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Transmissions - Contemporary, Super-8, Women, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Journey I - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Mirror - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
and Lives: UK Clare Marie Bailey is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Visions at the Mirrored Palace - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Last Day of Summer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bailey is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Hug My Soul - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Red Room - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Scarlet - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Pool (40x40cm) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

White Light - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Through the Veil - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Look away Lucifer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

High Rise - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Get Free - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Presence - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Look both Ways - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Pondering at the Pool - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Strange Occurance at the Dingle - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

A Pink Afternoon - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later become
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Madrugada - Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative, Woman, 21st Century, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Route Nationale 98 - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Clare Marie Bailey is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

After Hours - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later become an
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dreams at Dawn - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nice to Menton. Shot on location on the Cote D’azur. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dreams in Alpha - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Nude, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lives: UK Clare Marie Bailey is a UK-based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Film

Bounjour Cecille - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Early Morning - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

24 hr Psychic Desert Hotline - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, Paris Clare Marie Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

10 to Midnight - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Clare Marie Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Some Lapse of Time - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Double Cross - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later become
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Cloud Nine - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Nude, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Hotel Shower - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer who was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Memories of Summer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK-based photographer who was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Legs - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer who was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Rear Window - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer who was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Metropolis - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later become an
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Cloud Nine - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Nude, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Solitude - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Blue Light - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Clare Marie Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Dead of Night - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Green Ray - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later become an
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Fanari II - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema which would later become an
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dreams - Contemporary, Analog, Photograph, Figurative, Woman, 21st Century
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
and Lives: UK Clare Marie Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

To the Desert a Daughter - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century,
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Blue - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Reflections of Love - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

24 hr Psychic Desert Hotline II - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
: UK Clare Marie Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dial Zero - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century,
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Girl from Riccione - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century,
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Pool Bunny - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Nude, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Lust You - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Nude, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Morning Slumber - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Nude, Psychiatry
By Clare Marie Bailey
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
UK based photographer and was born and grew up on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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Clare Island For Sale on 1stDibs

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Clare Marie Bailey for sale on 1stDibs

Clare Marie Bailey is a UK based photographer and was born and raised on the Island of Anglesey in Wales. Clare became interested in world cinema, which would later become an enduring influence on her photographic work. Her passion for Polaroid and instant film photography began when she became mesmerized and fell deeply in love with its dynamic, and at times mercurial and almost random character; its ability to give an almost perfect imperfection. Clare’s work, centered on self-portraits, is heavily influenced by the cinema, magical iconography, dreams and the counterculture of the 1960s and B-movies. Clare uses film to work towards creating an alternative and parallel world where she can co-exist with the real world and is fascinated with the idea of doubles and doppelgänger and the concept of reinvention. Clare believes all art is a form of magic, and using memory, emotion and imagination to manipulate materials and create imagery is a form of alchemy. Her work has been exhibited in many group shows, and most recently was exhibited as part of Image Nations’ Instant Art Paris, the International Polaroid Exhibition in Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris. Currently working on a new body of work, Clare has also been creating film shorts to accompany her still work. Clare is a group member of the 12:12 project for 2019 that brings together international Polaroid artists who shoot a different theme for each month throughout the year.

A Close Look at contemporary Art

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

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Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.

The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.

Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.

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