a r c h i v e   chemical beauty series 1.0 : lightly destroyed Polaroid film Mistakes and faulty equipment resulted in damaged polaroids that displayed some beautiful organic forms and patterns. I quickly became fascinated and eventually decided to forego the camera and experiment directly with the film itself, treating it as a material worthy of it's own consideration rather than as a means to record other subjects. By "lightly destroying" the film with light, heat and pressure, the chemical nature of the film is revealed. Click on image to enlarge.