Andy Warhol Polaroid Pictures

There is perhaps no other artist who is better able to bridge the gap between the artistry of analog photography and the instant gratification of digital photography than Andy Warhol. This pioneer of pop art used photography as a basis for all his artwork and was rarely seen without his trusted SX-70 Polaroid camera.
Warhol documented every moment of his time in New York during the 1970s and 1980s, helping immortalize the friends, collectors, and celebrities who circled him. Carrying his camera everywhere, he snapped portraits both as a way to “collect” his memories and prepare for his silk screens. The famed artist also turned the camera toward himself, taking self-portraits that are an aloof, disconnected look at his own face. Warhol preciously guarded his Polaroids, relentlessly chronicling life up until his death in 1987.
Now, over 60 of his Polaroid portraits and self-portraits are on display in an exhibit, aptly titled Andy Warhol Polaroid Pictures, at BASTIAN in London.