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Karen grew up in Porterville, California, a small town that straddles
the Great Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills. She moved
to the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-70s to attend college (BA
from Santa Clara University), and has been a Bay Area resident every
since, currently residing in Sausalito, CA. She has studied with
Kathleen Carr (author ofPolaroid Manipulations: A Complete
Visual Guide to Creating Sx-70, Transfer, and Digital Prints
andPolaroid Transfers: A Complete Visual Guide to Creating
Image and Emulsion Transfers) in workshops in California and
at the Photographer's Formulary in Condon, Montana, honing her skills
in image and emulsion transfers as well as SX-70 manipulations.
Karen Nichols is fascinated with the process of creating art that
blurs the line between photography, illustration and imagination.
The Polaroid image and emulsion transfer processes have provided
ideal media in which she can explore her artistic vision.
Karen says about her work:
"The process provides a tactile connection to my work: I get my fingers into the emulsion and scrape, smoosh, dab and massage the image into my vision of what it should be. Often, it is hard to define what the finished product is: photograph? illustration? watercolor? If you can't tell, I consider the artistic exercise a success."
Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I
A book of inspiration showing the work of 115 artists currently working in alternative processes.
Strongly recommended for inspiration
Historical photographic methods in use today - the art, processes and techniques of alternative photography
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