<![CDATA[ <body> <h1>Visual Impressions: Polaroid Art by Joe Gemignani. 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Photographic images for hospitality, healthcare, marine & corporate art</h1></span><br> <div> <table width="75%" cellspacing="25" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="" summary=""> <!--DWLayoutTable--> <tbody> <tr> <td width="270" valign="bottom" height="40" align="left" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><strong>Unique technique...</strong></font> </td> <td width="14" valign="top" rowspan="3"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell--> </td> <td width="270" valign="top" align="center" rowspan="3"> <p><br /> <img width="250" height="258" alt="Polaroid fine art photo. © Copyright Joe Gemignani." src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//polaroid art before after.jpg" /></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9e3c21"><strong>"Before & After"</strong><br /> A whimsical view of Joe Gemignani's Polaroid art.</font><br /> </p> <p align="left" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I alter Polaroid SX-70 photographs by hand, using a technique applied directly to the film. Like an artist paints a canvas with a brush, I stroke the entire surface of the photographs emulsion with my tools. The process creates an image that is more like a painting than a photograph. </font></p> <p align="left" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Because each image is created individually by hand, my work is characterized by a unique style. The subtle transformations I make on the film intensify the beauty of the simple everyday images I capture on camera. The manual process frees me to produce a picture that more closely resembles what I see with my eyes and my heart <strong><em>Joe Gemignani</em></strong> </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9e3c21"><br /> </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="125"> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><strong><br /> </strong></font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9e3c21">His canvas is a Polaroid. Joe Gemignani's artistic vision and painterly strokes turn Polaroid photographs into fine artworks. <br /> </font></strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="font-weight: bold;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9e3c21">Using special tools and his artist's <br /> eye, Gemgnani moves the film's emulsion to give the photograph a painterly feeling.</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <br /> <p><img width="250" height="372" alt="Joe Gemignani using Polaroid art technique to create his fine art photographs" src="/users/JoeGemignani5350/Image//Joe with Glasses & tool worked on web.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font></p> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><div> Visual Impressions publishes Polaroid Art by Joe Gemignani, fine art photographic images for corporate art, healthcare art , hospitality art, marine art and residential art use. </body> ]]>