Polaroid Collection. Sotheby’s. Photographs from the Polaroid Collection. Signed Copy Part of an influential multi-volume

Part of an influential multi-volume series issued by the creators of PHOTO magazine

Because slide film has a narrow "latitude" (the range of brightness it can capture)

Rather than relying on darkroom manipulation

The compilation is notable for its inclusion of historical profiles and personal essays written by prominent literary and artistic figures

Polaroid Collection. Sotheby’s. Photographs from the Polaroid Collection. Signed Copy Part of an influential multi-volumeNew York. 21 & 22 June 2010. No. 8649. Massive auction catalog, fully illustrated. 480 pages. Includes both Polaroid photographs and other types of photographs, all 20th century. Photographers include Ansel Adams (many); Paul Caponigro; Harry Callahan; William Wegman; William Garnett; Luigi Ghiri; Minor White; Brett Weston; Les Krims; David Levinthal; Robert Mapplethorpe; Helmut Newton; Lucas Samaras; Jan Saudek; Walter Chappell; Imogen Cunningham;