Laurie Simmons

a diptych of unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor prints, each signed and dated in ink in the margin, framed together, 1992

Carole Kismaric, ed., Art Works: Teenagers and Artists Collaborate on the Polaroid 20" x 24" Camera (The Education Project, 1993), pp. 34-5 (likely these prints)

These Polaroid prints are in generally excellent condition.
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In the early 1990s, Janeil Engelstad, director of Public Programs and Development for The Education Project, conceived of Art Works, a not-for-profit program that would pair at-risk teenagers from New York who showed an interest in photography with professional photographers.  Funded in part by the Polaroid Corporation, Art Works engaged its young participants with the use of the large-format Polaroid camera in efforts to promote learning and self-expression.  Among others, participating artists included Chuck Close, Andres Serrano, and William Wegman.  The photographs offered here, and in Lots 170 and 224, come from these student-artist collaborations.