Tom Baril :: Polaroid Type 55 Works

Tom Baril was born in Connecticut, attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and spent over 15 years working as a printer for Robert Mapplethorpe. After his tenure with Mapplethorpe, Baril went out on his own becoming best known for his still life table shots of flowers and fruits across a range of mediums from collodion to Polaroid Type 55 to silver gelatin. In this video, I want to talk about his first, self-titled monograph which concentraits mainly on Baril's work with Polaroid Type 55. In this body of work, Baril shows a range of techniques including solarization and pinhole. His printing skills are exceptional as well. Most of these images display a beautiful sepia as the result of tea toning. Books: Tom Baril - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0965745007/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0965745007&linkCode=as2&tag=thepublbroa-20&linkId=5C4WLOPDQ7M2KEIS Botanica - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/189204126X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=189204126X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepublbroa-20&linkId=CJV2YEYUFLVYPW6M Official Site: http://tombaril.net Koch Gallery http://www.kochgallery.com/artists/contemporary/baril/ Winston Wächter Fine Art http://seattle.winstonwachter.com/artist/baril-tom/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedforbes Instagram: http://instagram.com/tedforbes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aop.podcast Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tedforbes Website: http://theartofphotography.tv