Stefanie Schneider Photography
German, b. 1968
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 2018, 2019.
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Artist: Stefanie Schneider
Fairy (Heavenly Falls)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fairy (Heavenly Falls) - 2016,
50x50cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number: 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
By Stefanie Schneider
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 Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ripped (Deconstructivism) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ripped (Deconstructivism) - 2020
- about the narrative potential of images.
40x40cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 4600.
Signature lab...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sonata (Deconstructivism) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sonata (Deconstructivism) - 2015
- about the narrative potential of images.
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 20273.
Signature label ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Party is over (Cyndi Lauper) - record cover shoot
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Party is over (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record Album) - 2009
50x50cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Decision (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Decision - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #762.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
This will always be my Memory (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
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 Sc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Into the Wild (Stranger than Par - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Into the Wild (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001,
32x52cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 2896.
Not m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Tears we cried (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Tears we cried (Till Death do us Part) - 2007,
20x20cm, Edition of 10.
Digital C-Print print, based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 8583.
N...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Exercise (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Pool
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Exercise (Suburbia) - 2004, 38x36cm,
Edition of 10, digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #20953.
Signature label with Certificate, unmounted.
The project...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
When would forever be a good time? part II (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When would forever be a good time? part II (Till Death do us Part) - 2007,
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Memories of Love - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Women, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
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 Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Paradise) - Contemporary, Nude, Men, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Paradise) - 1999,
50x50cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 18420.
No...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Empire (Strange Love) - Empire State Building, New York, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Empire (Strange Love)
2005, 40x25cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a 35mm analog Negative strip,
signature label and certificate,
artist Inventory No. 30000.
Not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled - Oilfields
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) 2004,
60x60cm, Edition 4/10,
Analog C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 1220.04
Not mounted.
OILFIELDS, 2004...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Penny Lane (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Penny Lane (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Edition of 10,
102 x 100cm.
Lambda Print based on a Polaroid.
Artist inventory 21327B.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
If I was a different Girl (Till Death do us Part)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
If I was a different Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
48x58cm, Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 94...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Daisy on Bed (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Nude, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy on Bed (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 -
125x154cm, Edition 3/3,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on an original Polaroid.
Artist ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, Pop-art, Contemporary, analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 1999
published in 'Stranger than Paradise'
128x126cm
Sold out edition of 5, Artist proof 2/2,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Metal
Borrego Springs (California Badlands) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Borrego Springs (California Badlands) - 2016
24x20cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 19329.
Not mou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Wonder Valley (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wonder Valley (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition of 5,
156x125cm.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3094.
Not mounted.
"...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Diva (Beachshoot) - Polaroid, Vintage, analog, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Diva (Beachshoot) - 2005
50x50cm, Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory # 1461.
Not mounted.
Beachshoot
St...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Prince (The Princess and her Lover) - Polaroid, Portrait, Dream
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Prince (The Princess and her Lover), 2007,
part of the 29 Palms, CA project,
Edition of of 10, 20x20cm, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signature label and Certificate, a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Summer Interlude I (Deconstructivism) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Summer Interlude I (Deconstructivism) - 2020
- about the narrative potential of images.
40x40cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 5901.
Signa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Abstract I (Sidewinder) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Abstract I (Sidewinder) - 2005
part of DECONSTRUCTIVISM - about the narrative potential of images.
20x20cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 38...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha and Max on Dirt Road (29 Palms, CA) - analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha and Max on Dirt Road (29 Palms, CA) diptych - 1999
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
50x48cm each, 50x102cm together with gap.
2 Archival C-Prints, based on 2 Polaroids....
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Metal
Cups III (Suburbia) Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Color, Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cups III (Suburbia) - 2004
50x60cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on verso with Certificate,
Artist inventory number: 2913.
Not mounted.
This pro...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Gasstation at Night (Stranger than Paradise) - 4 pieces, analog, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gas station at Night I (Stranger than Paradise) - 2006
Edition 1/5,
48x46 each, 93x91cm installed with gaps.
4 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, based on the 4 Polaroid...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Metal
Male Nude in Motel (Desert Nudes) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Men
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude in Motel (Desert Nudes) - 1999 -
20x25cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inve...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Daisy in front of Mirror - Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy in front of Mirror (Till Death do Us part) - 2005
Edition 1/5,
48x46cm,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist,
based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels)- 2005
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs - 100x60cm.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Orange Flowered Couch at Sunset (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Orange Flowered Couch at Sunset (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
Edition 1/10,
20x20cm,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Artist inventory Number 19762
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider:...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Streetcorner (Stranger than Paradise) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Streetcorner (Stranger than Paradise) - 2008
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #509
Not mounted...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Princess Kiss (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Princess' Kiss (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2018
49x48cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature labe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Circle of Magic - Shazam (29 Palms, CA)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Circle of Magic - Shazam (29 Palms, CA) - 2009
20x24cm,
Edition 6/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #2823.06.
Not m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'You are my Baby' (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'You are my Baby' (Till Death do us Part), 2005,
20x24cm,
Edition 2/10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 9377....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Palm Springs Palm Trees X (Californication)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees X (Californication) - 2019
20x20cm, ,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature labe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream - Jules and Jim II - 29 Palms, CA
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jules and Jim II (Renée's Dream) from the 29 Palms, CA series - 2007
125x123cm,
Edition 3/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Certific...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nastasia with Gun - Polaroid, Contemporary, Portrait, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nastasia with Gun (High Desert) - 2019
Edition 1/10,
50x50cm,
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider: A German...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Mind Screen, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Mind Screen (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
128x125cm,
Edition 5/5,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Si...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Enchanted (Saigon) - analog vintage print, 58x56cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Enchanted (Saigon) - 2003
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
58x56cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 465.
Not mount...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Beachshoot) - with Radha Mitchell, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005
50x50cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Mounted under Plexiglass (matte) with Aluminum backing.
Signe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Beachshoot) - with Radha Mitchell, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005
128x125cm,
Edition 4/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certifi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fair Weather (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fair Weather (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005,
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label
Artist ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cups II (Suburbia) Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Color, Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cups II (Suburbia) - 2004
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Signed on verso with Certificate,
Artist inventory number: 2912.
Not mounted.
This pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Kiss (Sidewinder) - mounted, analog - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, photo
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Kiss (Sidewinder) - 2005
125x154cm,
Edition 2/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, based on the original Polaroid. Signed on verso.
Artist Inventory No. 3120.02.
Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection.
This piece ships in a crate.
Schneider harnesses the unpredictable chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film, where bursts of color erupt across the surface, destabilizing the photograph's traditional allegiance to reality. These vivid distortions draw her characters into ethereal, trance-like dreamscapes. Like fleeting sequences from a vintage road movie, Schneider’s images shimmer with a transitory quality, dissolving before any definitive conclusions can be drawn. Their ephemeral essence is conveyed through subtle gestures and enigmatic motives. Refusing to yield to the constraints of reality, Schneider’s work keeps alive a delicate interplay of dream, desire, fact, and fiction, blurring the boundaries between them with poetic ambiguity.
Stefanie Schneider’s work echoes the heart of American art, channeling the cinematic nostalgia of Ed Ruscha’s roadscapes, the stark sensuality of Georgia O’Keeffe’s deserts, and the haunting solitude of Edward Hopper...
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Metal
Airstream (29 Palms, CA)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Airstream (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
48x47cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 280.
Not mounted.
A Germ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, Pop-art, Contemporary, analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 1999
published in 'Stranger than Paradise'
128x126cm
Sold out edition of 5, Artist proof 2/2,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Metal
Mindscreen 5 - mounted - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mindscreen 5 (Night on Earth) - 1999
128x126cm,
Edition of 5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist,
based on the Polaroid.
Signed on verso with Certificate.
Artist Inventor...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
White Tank (My own Private Travel Diary) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Tank, Joshua Tree (My own Private Travel Diary) - 1999,
43x59cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Cer...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fly me to the Moon (Till Death do us Part)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fly me to the Moon (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
50x49cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inve...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
On the Way to Big Sur (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Way to Big Sur (The Last Picture Show) - 2000
50x49cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory number: 969. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green) - 1999
Edition 1/10,
58x56cm.
ANALOG C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Artist i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Green Chair - 29 Palms, CA
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Green Chair (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
Edition of 10,
58x56cm,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
not mounted,
based on the Polaroid
Art...
Category
1990s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A Vision you can't Capture 01 (29 Palms, CA), not mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Vision you can't Capture, #01 (29 Palms, CA) - 2007
125x172cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid,
N...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Primary Colors - Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, USA, Polaroid, Flag
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Conception (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Conception (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
40x40cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #9157.
Not mounted.
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Stefanie Schneider Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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