John Reuter Portfolios

Since the 1970's I have worked with a variety of photographic media. My earliest work was with Black and White photography and alternative processes. It was not until my use of Polaroid materials in 1974 that my work really began to resonate with me. I worked extensively with Polaroid SX-70 film from 1974 until 1980. I worked with some now impossible collage techniques that allowed me to strip out some of the photographic emulsion and replace these element with other materials, such as other images and acrylic paint. I also experimented with a technique that allowed me to remove the emulsion from one frame and transfer it to another. It is not unlike what is today called Emulsion Transfer, a technique used with Polacolor films.

Beginning in 1980 I began to experiment with Polacolor Image Transfer. I first learned of this technique from Rosie Purcell, a Boston based photographer who had been using this since 1975. I worked first with the 8x10 format but soon was able to utilize the Polaroid 20x24 Camera. I worked not only with singular 20x24 Transfers but also created larger scale images of 4, 6 and even 9 panel images, ranging up to 5 by 6 feet in scale. In 1993 I began to use the computer to create my collages. My output remained Image Transfer as the reworking of the image was still very much part of my process.

By 1997 I found the images I was creating in Photoshop had too many subtle details to be rendered as Image Transfers. I began printing out the Digital Images as Iris prints, a sophisticated ink jet technology. I have also begun to use a Polaroid Dry Jet® printer. This printer is quite unique in that it utilizes pigment in wax to create the image on paper, resulting in a depth of color not found in any other process Since 2000 I have utilized Epson® printers to create my own prints, beginning with the medium format 1200 to the large format 10000 and 9600 printers. Recent images from 2003 and 2004 are printed on canvas up to 40x50 inches. I feel the recent work captures the height of my SX-70 work with the scale of my paintings and multi-panel transfer pieces

The newest imagery takes a technological step back, utilizing a Holga camera with a Polaroid back. Polapan 85 film is a Positive/Negative film which scans beautifully. It is the first completely photographic work I have done in 30 years.

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	John Reuter Portfolios Since the 1970's I have worked with a variety of photographic media. My earliest work was with Black and White photography and alternative processes. It was not until my use of Polaroid materials in 1974 that my work really began to resonate with me. I worked extensively with Polaroid SX-70 film from 1974 until 1980. I worked with some now impossible collage techniques that allowed me to strip out some of the photographic emulsion and replace these element with other materials, such as other images and acrylic paint. I also experimented with a technique that allowed me to remove the emulsion from one frame and transfer it to another. It is not unlike what is today called Emulsion Transfer, a technique used with Polacolor films. Beginning in 1980 I began to experiment with Polacolor Image Transfer. I first learned of this technique from Rosie Purcell, a Boston based photographer who had been using this since 1975. I worked first with the 8x10 format but soon was able to utilize the Polaroid 20x24 Camera. I worked not only with singular 20x24 Transfers but also created larger scale images of 4, 6 and even 9 panel images, ranging up to 5 by 6 feet in scale. In 1993 I began to use the computer to create my collages. My output remained Image Transfer as the reworking of the image was still very much part of my process. By 1997 I found the images I was creating in Photoshop had too many subtle details to be rendered as Image Transfers. I began printing out the Digital Images as Iris prints, a sophisticated ink jet technology. I have also begun to use a Polaroid Dry Jet® printer. This printer is quite unique in that it utilizes pigment in wax to create the image on paper, resulting in a depth of color not found in any other process Since 2000 I have utilized Epson® printers to create my own prints, beginning with the medium format 1200 to the large format 10000 and 9600 printers. Recent images from 2003 and 2004 are printed on canvas up to 40x50 inches. I feel the recent work captures the height of my SX-70 work with the scale of my paintings and multi-panel transfer pieces The newest imagery takes a technological step back, utilizing a Holga camera with a Polaroid back. Polapan 85 film is a Positive/Negative film which scans beautifully. It is the first completely photographic work I have done in 30 years. Return Home