Fade to Black

• Photographer
  Martina Holmberg
• Agency / Studio
  Martina Holmberg
• Technical Info
  Polaroid Sx-70
• Photo Date
  2010-2012

With an old Polaroid camera I preserve memories and fleeting contemplations. It freezes snapshots from life. The images are photographed with a Polaroid film called Fade to Black. If left alone the polaroid images degrade and eventually fade entirely to black. I have to stop the degrading by destroying the polaroid, essentially separating the layers of the film and halting the chemical process inside. The expression can be affected but it is never possible to completely control. I am fascinated by the random as a part of the expression. It's like life, you can not control everything.